Four die as 18-seater bus rams into stationary truck in Kogi

At least four people were killed in a ghastly motor accident on Sunday on the Lokoja-Ajaokuta road, Kogi State.

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Kogi state sector commander, Tenimu Etuku, who disclosed this to newsmen on Monday, said that eleven other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident.

He said the accident, which involved an 18-seater Toyota commercial bus, occurred at Jimgbe Community on the Ajaokuta-Lokoja road, Ajaokuta Local Government.

Etuku said the injured victims of the accident were rescued by FRSC personnel, who also took them to the Kogi State Specialist Hospital for treatment, while the corpses of the four dead persons were deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.

Giving further details, Etuku said, “The 18-seater bus with Abuja registration number ABC 232 XA was heading to Abuja from Enugu before the sad incident.”

The Sector Commander explained that the driver, in an attempt to avoid a head-on collision with an oncoming truck, rammed into a faulty, stationary truck.

Etuku described the incident as very unfortunate, urging motorists to always be mindful of the motoring environment, which may be free but not safe.

“This is because there is a big difference between a free motoring environment and a safe motoring environment.

“Therefore, drivers must always be on alert while driving on the highways,” he advised.

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