TWO KILLED, 19 INJURED IN AUTO CRASH ON OKENE ROAD, LOKOJA
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
Two persons have been confirmed dead, while 19 others sustained injuries in a road accident along the Lokoja–Okene highway in Kogi State on Tuesday.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi State, Mr. Tenimu Etuku, confirmed the incident in Lokoja, attributing the crash to excessive speeding.
According to Etuku, the victims were passengers in a commercial bus that reportedly left Kano on Monday evening en route to Auchi and Benin before the accident occurred at about 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday.
“From the manifest, the ill-fated bus departed Kano on Monday evening heading to Auchi/Benin before the unfortunate incident. The cause of the accident was excessive speeding,” Etuku said.
He disclosed that out of the 19 survivors, four sustained varying degrees of injuries ranging from bruises to fractures and were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
Etuku added that FRSC operatives who carried out the rescue operation deposited the corpses of the two deceased victims at the morgue of the Kogi Specialist Hospital in Lokoja.
The sector commander urged motorists to exercise caution and adhere strictly to traffic rules and regulations, especially during the Yuletide period, to prevent avoidable crashes.
“Motorists and other road users must drive carefully and obey traffic rules to avoid such tragic incidents and the loss of precious lives,” he said.
Meanwhile, in a related incident, passengers reportedly lost their lives in another road crash along the Isara-Remo axis of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State.
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) said the accident occurred around 3 a.m., while the victims, passengers in a Suzuki bus, were discovered by TRACE operatives and police officers at about 7 a.m. The exact number of casualties in the Ogun crash was yet to be officially confirmed at the time of reporting.
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