About eight travelers have reportedly lost their lives while 52 others injured in an accident involving a trailer and a canter truck along Potiskum-Nangere road in Yobe State.

It was gathered that the travellers were on their way to popular Potiskum cattle market when one of the trucks lost control.

According to a witness, Adamu Hassan, the bodies of the victims have been evacuated to Potiskum Specialist Hospital.

Hassan added that other corpses are still at the General Hospital, Sabon Garin, Nangere in the state.

Meanwhile, there is no confirmation of the incident by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Yobe.

However, its personnel and that of State Emergency Management Agency were sighted in evacuating the victims to nearby health facility.