Three Die, Many injured in Kogi Car Crash
Three persons, a male and two females, have been reportedly died in an auto accident on the Auchi-Okene axis of the Benin-Lokoja road yesterday morning.
Reacting to the incident, the spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the it in an interview with newsmen in Abuja.
Kazeen disclosed that 50 others, including a child, were injured and had been taken to the hospital for treatment.
He said a white Mercedez Benz Chisco Paradiso luxurious bus conveying 82 passengers was involved in the lone accident.
“The crash occurred at about 4 a.m. at the Sharp Corner Checkpoint on the Okene end of the road.
“It was caused by brake failure. A FRSC rescue team arrived at the scene 20 minutes later and took the injured and corpses to the General Hospital in Okene,” he said.
Kazeem reiterated FRSC's advice to motorists to regularly check their vehicles and ensure they are road worthy before putting them on the highway.
On the same vein, six traders who are mostly market women died in a ghastly accident involving Toyota Hiace Bus and a Trailer on Monday along Lokoja-Okene road.
The women who are all Ebira traders returning from Kogi Ultra Modern Market, Lokoja have since been buried.
Reacting to the incident, the spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the it in an interview with newsmen in Abuja.
Kazeen disclosed that 50 others, including a child, were injured and had been taken to the hospital for treatment.
He said a white Mercedez Benz Chisco Paradiso luxurious bus conveying 82 passengers was involved in the lone accident.
“The crash occurred at about 4 a.m. at the Sharp Corner Checkpoint on the Okene end of the road.
“It was caused by brake failure. A FRSC rescue team arrived at the scene 20 minutes later and took the injured and corpses to the General Hospital in Okene,” he said.
Kazeem reiterated FRSC's advice to motorists to regularly check their vehicles and ensure they are road worthy before putting them on the highway.
On the same vein, six traders who are mostly market women died in a ghastly accident involving Toyota Hiace Bus and a Trailer on Monday along Lokoja-Okene road.
The women who are all Ebira traders returning from Kogi Ultra Modern Market, Lokoja have since been buried.
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