Tragic: 16 people burnt beyond recognition in fatal motor accident
– A fatal motor accident has occurred along Lokoja-Abaji Expressway in Kogi state
– Sixteen people have been reportedly killed following the crash
– The victims were said to have been burnt to death
Sixteen people have been allegedly burnt to death, following a fatal motor accident which occurred along Lokoja-Abaji Expressway in Kogi state, on Friday, August 5.
File photo: 16 burnt to death following motor accident in Kogi state.
A commercial bus is said to have had a head-on collision with a Sports Utility Vehicle at the Alewu village end of the strip.
The Punch reports that only one person survived the accident, which involved a Toyota Hiace heading towards Kano and a SUV going to Benin, the Edo state capital.
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Sources informed that the accident was caused by violation of road traffic rules.
The sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi state, Mr Ugboma Ugochukwu, while confirming the accident, told newsmen on Sunday that the victims were buried at the accident scene.
He explained that the survivor, who sustained minor injuries, had been discharged from the hospital.
He said: “The accident happened around 6.30am on Friday at Alewu village, along the Lokoja-Abaji Expressway. It involved a fully-loaded commercial bus which was coming from Lagos and heading towards Kano State and a jeep, which was coming from Abuja and heading towards Benin.
“The two vehicles had a head-on collision, which was caused by one of the vehicles that was driving against the traffic. Speeding was also responsible for the accident, but it was primarily caused by violation of traffic rules. The accident led to an explosion, which resulted in the death of 16 of the passengers. They were burnt beyond recognition and were buried in the village.
“The lone survivor was rushed to a hospital in Koto-Karfi, where he was treated and discharged.”
In a related development, Daily Trust learnt that at least five people died in the ghastly motor accident, when an 18-seater commercial bus ran into an oncoming truck close to Yaba junction at Gada Biyu village, located along the Abuja-Lokoja highway in the late hours of Tuesday, June 21.
It was also gathered that nine occupants in the bus sustained various degrees of injuries, after they were saved by officials of the Abaji unit of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who later took them to the hospital in that area.
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