KANKIA (KATSINA) – A ghastly motor accident has wiped out a family of seven on the Katsina-Kano road in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the Police Command in the state, Aminu Sadiq, told Vanguard that the accident occured, Saturday, at about 8 p.m. at Lambar-Rimi town.

Sadiq, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP,  said the accident occurred when a Peugeot car from Katsina and a Honda Civic car from Kano had a head-on collision.

He said five persons died on the spot, while two infants died later while four others sustained various degrees of injuries.

“Those who sustained injuries were rushed to the Katsina General Hospital for medical attention,” the PPRO said.

Sadiq who said the police were investigating the cause of the accident advised motorists to always obey traffic rules and regulations to reduce road accidents.

It was further gathered that the dead were said to be members of the family of one Alhaji Abashe Sarkin-Kasuwa of Kankia Local Government Area of the state.

They have been buried according to Islamic injunction in Kankia, their home town.