The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Jigawa Command, says two persons lost their lives in an accident on Birnin Kudu/Kano highway.
The command’s spokesman, Mr Yahaya Ibrahim, confirmed this to newsmen in Dutse.
According to him, the accident occurred at about 2:50 pm due to speeding and a burst tyre.
He stated that the accident involved a Wolkswagen Golf car conveying 11 passengers out of which two lost their lives and nine others sustained varying degrees of injury.
The spokesman said the FRSC personnel who responded to the accident in seven minutes after receipt of the information, have since taken the victims to Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Birnin Kudu.