NOT more than two people lost their lives on Tuesday while 15 others
sustained various degrees of injuries in an auto accident that occurred
at Kungban village on the Lokoja- Abuja Road.
An eyewitness
account disclosed that the accident occurred when a Toyota Hiace
18-seater bus with registration number XF 548 RBC, at high speed drove
dangerously, lost control and veered off the road killing two persons on
the spot.
The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road
Safety Corps (FRSC), Muhammed Garba, confirmed the incident and
attributed it to overspeeding, adding that the vehicle was also
overloaded.
He said the 18-seater bus was involved in the accident and that two persons died,while others were injured.
The
sector commander said the injured victims were taken to the FRSC clinic
for medical treatment while the corpses had been deposited at the Kogi
State Specialist Hospital.
He appealed to road users to have a
change of attitude while on the road, saying that most of the accidents
on the Lokoja-Abuja road were as a result of human error.
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