Nigeria, March 9 -- One person was killed, and two others were seriously injured in two auto accidents that occurred hours apart on Sunday on the Dayi-Malumfashi road in Katsina State.

When a PREMIUM TIMES reporter visited the scenes near Ketare junction and Government Day Secondary School (GDSS) Gora, a crushed commercial vehicle lay trapped beneath a livestock trailer while sacks of agricultural produce spilt across the highway from a separate crash nearby.

The two accidents occurred less than a kilometre apart around Gora, a stretch of the highway residents say has deteriorated badly in recent months.

The first accident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. at Ketare junction in Gora.

A heavy-duty trailer painted blue and red and bearing t...