Bus crash kills 17 in Lokoja
It was a black
Sallah celebration for some in Kogi State on Sunday, following a motor
accident along the Lokoja-Ajaokuta Road, in which 18 people were killed.
Eyewitnesses said
that the accident occurred when a commercial motorcycle rider lost
control of his vehicle and swerved into the path of an 18-seater
commercial bus.
“In the process,
the bus also lost control and immediately somersaulted, killing 17
passengers inside the bus and the okada operator, on the spot,” said
one witness, who declined to be identified. “What I can say is that the
bus was on a very high speed, which aggravated the situation and caused
the high death toll.” When our correspondent visited the scene,
motorists were taking the bodies of the deceased to the mortuary of an
unknown hospital.
Yomi Asaniyan,
Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in the
state, said he was yet to be informed of the accident. He promised a
press conference once he received more information.
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