Tuesday, 14 February 2012

14 Die on Lokoja-Abuja highway

Fourteen people have died in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, in a road accident.
 The accident occurred at Crusher, Felele, along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway.
 The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Michael  
Olapade, who confirmed the accident, said it was caused by excessive speeding.
An eyewitness told our reporter that the accident involved a Toyota Hiace bus registered as XD 579 GHA and a Mercedes Benz truck registered as XP 338 BEN
The source said most of the victims were travelling for the funeral of their relation.
It was learnt that the Toyota Hiace bus was going to Abuja and the driver recklessly overtook another vehicle and collided with the truck carrying tomatoes.
The driver of the bus, who reportedly survived the accident, later bolted.
The FRSC commander said one female adult and 13 male adults died, adding that the corpses have been deposited at the Specialist Hospital and Federal Medical Centre.
Olapade advised motorists to obey traffic rules and urged passengers to always prevail on them to observe speed limit.

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