19 Passengers Burnt To Death in Ghastly Auto Crash along Okene-Lokoja Road in Kogi
Nineteen passengers were burnt to death in a ghastly auto crash along Okene-Lokoja road in Kogi.
One person was also injured in the head on collision, between a Toyota Hiace passenger bus marked KMC, and a Dangote truck marked NSH 680 YJ person.
The passenger bus which was heading from Kano, and the truck coming from Port Harcourt, burst into flame following the head on collision.
Public education officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Jonas Agwu said only three out of 22 persons involved in the crash survived.
He said the Dangote truck wrongfully overtaking a vehicle had a head on collision with the bus.
Agwu said the bodies of the 19 passengers had been deposited in the morgue of Okene general hospital.
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The crash, which was caused by route violation and wrongful overtaking, involved 22 male persons.
Unfortunately, 19 persons out of the 22 victims were killed, while one was injured.
The two victims who got rescued by FRSC operatives survived without injuries because they complied with traffic regulations on the compulsory use of seatbelts.
Corpses retrieved from the crash were deposited at Okene General Hospital, Mr Agwu stated.
Mr Agwu assured that the driver of the Dangote truck would be prosecuted by directives earlier issued by the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali-Biu.
Mr Ali-Biu had in the past called on the judiciary, the leadership of transport unions and other relevant stakeholders to join hands with the FRSC to restore sanity to Nigerian roads through speedy and effective prosecution.
