A road accident that occurred along Kaita-Dankama Road in Katsina State has claimed the lives of 13 people and also left 70 others injured.
An eyewitness told Channels Television that a truck that conveyed the victims left Dankama town on Thursday night for Lagos State, with most of the passengers from the Niger Republic.
Victims who sustained various degrees of injury were taken to various hospitals in the state which includes General Hospital Katsina, Federal Medical Centre, and Amadi Rimi Orthopedic Hospital for medical treatment.
Seventy sheep were equally killed in the accident.