Six persons have died and 16 others were injured in a road accident which occurred on Friday morning at Jekadefari in Gombe metropolis.
The state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),in Gombe , Felix Theman, disclosed this on Friday.
The man said the lone accident involved a trailer conveying 27 cows, adding that the trailer driver lost control of the vehicle and plunged into a ditch.
“The crash that happened this morning was a lone crash involving a trailer carrying 27 cows; the crash occurred on Abacha Road, Jekadefari,” he said.
The sector commander said that the dead bodies had been taken to a mortuary in Gombe while the injured were taken to a hospital for medical attention.
He said the trailer driver used a road not meant for trailers, as the state government had banned heavy duty vehicles from plying the road.
He urged drivers of articulated vehicles to always be careful.
He also advised the state residents to prevent their children from playing on tarred roads to reduce accidents.
The man said that investigation was ongoing to find out if the person driving the trailer was the actual driver of the vehicle.
