No fewer than 27 persons were killed in various road accidents in Katsina State in the last quarter of 2012, year, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in the state, Habu Dauda, has said.

The Sector Commander said in Katsina on Tuesday that 114 others sustained injuries in the road mishaps recorded across the state within the period under review. He said that during the period, 37 accidents were recorded in the state involving 62 vehicles, which led to the figures captured.

“This indicated a slight reduction in the number of road mishaps recorded in the same period in 2011 in the state when 40 accidents were recorded,” he said and expressed concern on the way motor accidents occurred in the state even as there were good roads across the state.