Nigeria-Five persons have reportedly died in an auto crash when a 10-seat Sharon bus veered off the road at Tudun-Gara village near Kaura Namoda in Zamfara on Saturday.

According to Alhaji Muktar Fago, FRSC’s Unit Commander in the zone, the accident occurred at 6.30 am, about 10 kilometers into Kaura-Namoda/Sokoto road.

The accident was caused by burst tyre and over speeding which made the driver to lose control and skidded off the road into the bush.’’ Fago said.

He said three persons died on the spot while two others died when FRSC officials were conveying them to the hospital. “The corpses were deposited at the Kaura Namoda General Hospital.’’

Fago added that five passengers who sustained various degrees of injuries were taken to Gusau General Hospital for treatment.

He said all those involved in the accident were Islamic scholars travelling to Niamey in Niger Republic for the Annual International Preaching in that country.

Fago therefore advised drivers and other road users to drive very carefully especially this season when we record mass movements and increased religious activities.