The
Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, 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, NAN, 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.
He said the accident which happened late Saturday evening involved three private cars and a motorcycle.
“Five of the accident victims were lucky as they escaped unhurt,” Omiko who spoke on telephone said.
He said the accident which happened late Saturday evening involved three private cars and a motorcycle.
“The
cars included two Honda Accord cars, with number plates, FCT ABJ 775 GB
and Lagos GGE 715 CQ, and a Sienna LE car with number plate, 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.
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 the road, which connects states in the South-South and South-East, had been cleared of the obstruction and smooth vehicular movement restored.
Omiko said 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.
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