(NIGERIA) The Federal Road Safety Commission on Sunday in
Lokoja confirmed the death of seven persons in a multiple road accident which
occurred on the Ankpa-Anyingba road in Kogi.
The commission’s Kogi Sector Commander, Mr. Godwin Omiko who
confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria, said three other persons were
critically injured in the crash.
“Five of the accident victims were lucky as they escaped
unhurt,’’ Omiko who spoke on telephone said.
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| A ROAD CRASH |
He said the accident which happened late Saturday evening
involved three private cars and a motorcycle.
“The cars included two Honda Accord cars, with plate numbers
FCT ABJ 775 GB and Lagos GGE 715 CQ, and a Sienna LE car with plate number KNA
52 LG,’’ the FRSC official said.
Omiko said a total of 15 people were involved in the
accident while those who died included five male adults and two female adults.
The Sector Commander said the injured were taken to the
General Hospital at Anyingba for treatment, while the relatives of the dead
ones had started coming to pick them.
Omiko said that the road, which connects states in the
South-South and South-East, had been cleared of the obstruction and smooth
vehicular movement restored.
He blamed the accident on wrongful overtaking and dangerous
driving, and appealed to motorists to drive with caution and observe speed
limit regulations. (NAN)
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