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Tuesday 24 October 2017

11 Killed, 23 Injured As Car Collides With Trailer Loaded With Cows, Others In Kogi

The Federal Road Safety Commission
(FRSC) has confirmed the death of 11
people in a motor accident on the
Auchi-Okene highway in Kogi.
The Sector Commander of the FRSC in
Kogi, Mr. Olusegun Martins, told
reporters in Lokoja on Tuesday that the
accident occurred at a sharp bend on
the road on the evening of Oct. 23.
He said 23 other people sustained
various degrees of injuries in the
accident, involving a total of 34 people.
Martins said six of the victims died on
the spot, while five others died in
hospitals.
He said two vehicles, a trailer loaded
with cows, foodstuffs and passengers
and a Toyota Corolla car were involved
in the incident.
The sector commander gave the
registration number of the trailer as
Katsina XF 914 KTN, and the number of
the Toyota car as Abuja BWR 756 BJ.
The two vehicles were coming from
Lokoja.
He said all the dead victims were from
the trailer coming from Abuja, while the
driver of the car and its other occupants
escaped unhurt.
Martins said the accident occurred when
the trailer hit the car from behind
before losing control and crashing into
a nearby bush.
The sector commander blamed the
accident on speed but promised that
full investigation would be carried out
on the incident in due course.
He said the corpses of the victims were
taken to the morgue at the General
Hospital, Okene, while the injured were
taken to TAO Hospital and God’s Mercy
Hospital in Okene as well as the Federal
Medical Centre in Lokoja.

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