12 die, 16 injured in Kogi road crash
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No fewer than 12 people died and 16 others sustained
varying degrees of injuries on Monday following a road crash at Irekpeni
village, along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway.
A witness who identified himself simply as Tunji told
journalists in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, that the accident
occurred when a luxury bus with Plate number KRD 799 LC, coming from Lagos, to the North had a head-on collision
with a truck with Plate number KTN 711 YZ.
He added that the truck was loaded with many cows.
According to him, the driver of the luxury bus ran into a
road block mounted by armed robbers along the road and attempted to
avoid it.
He stated that in the driver’s attempt to avoid the road
block, the bus had a head-on collision with the truck, leading to the
immediate death of 12 passengers while 16 other victims were injured.
He said over 20 cows also died in the accidents.
According to him, the accident later caused a gridlock on
the highway before officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps made some
rescue operation and cleared the obstruction.
The FRSC Kogi State Sector Commander, Mr. Charles Abochi, confirmed the accident to journalists.
He stated that a total of 73 passengers were involved in the accident.
The heads of six of the victims were completely severed. Most of the
people who died were sitting in the first seven rows of the bus The
driver of the bus also died.
Graphic picture from the scene of accident...
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| Photo credit: The Sun |
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