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  • 11 killed, 23 injured in Kogi accident

    11 killed, 23 injured in Kogi accident

    The Federal Road Safety Commission ( FRSC ) has confirmed the death of 11 people in a ghastly motor accident on the Auchi-Okene highway in Kogi.

    The Sector Commander of the FRSC in Kogi, Mr Olusegun Martins, told reporters in Lokoja on Tuesday that the accident occurred at a sharp bend on the road in the evening of Oct. 23.

    He said that 23 other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident, involving a total of 34 people.

    Martins said that six of the victims died on the spot, while five others died in hospitals.

    He said that two vehicles, a trailer loaded with cows, foodstuffs and passengers and a Toyota Corolla car were involved in the incident.

    The sector commander gave the registration number of the trailer as Katsina XF 914 KTN, while the number of the Toyota car was Abuja BWR 756 BJ.

    The two vehicles were coming from Lokoja.

    He said that all the dead victims and the injured were from the trailer coming from Abuja, while the driver of the car and its other occupants escaped unhurt.

    Martins said that the accident occurred when the trailer hit the car from behind before losing control and crashing into a nearby bush.

    The sector commander blamed the accident on over-spending but assured that full investigation would be carried out in due course.

    He said that the corpses of the victims were taken to the morgue at the General Hospital, Okene, while the injured were taken to TAO Hospital and God’s Mercy Hospital in Okene as well as the Federal Medical Centre in Lokoja.

    NAN

  • Kogi: Two killed in Ajaokuta/Ayangba road accident

    Kogi: Two killed in Ajaokuta/Ayangba road accident

    Two persons died on-the-spot on Sunday in an accident which occurred on the Ajaokuta/Ayangba Road in Kogi State.
    The Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Olusegun Martins, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

    He said that the accident, which involved a car and a mini-bus, occurred at the Ogbabo/Ojodu-Idah junction on the road.
    Martins explained that it was due to a head-on collision between the car, with vehicle registration number (Abuja) ABJ 647 KC, and the mini-bus with vehicle registration number (Abuja) RSH 931 HF.
    The FRSC Sector Commander said that the two victims, a man and a woman, were among the 13 persons involved, saying that 11 others sustained varying degrees of injuries.
    He said that the injured were taken to the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, for treatment, while the corpses were similarly deposited in the morgue of the same hospital.
    According to him, the road has been cleared of the obstructions by FRSC personnel, to allow for free flow of traffic, while investigations into the cause of the accident will commence soon.

  • Three killed, eight injured in Kogi accident

    Three killed, eight injured in Kogi accident

    Three people on Wednesday lost their lives when the driver of a cement-laden articulated truck lost control, ramming into a taxi cab and a commercial tricycle (Keke NAPEP), at the Nataco junction, on the Abuja-Lokoja highway.

    Among those that lost their lives were two school-aged children, while eight others sustained varying degree of injury in the accident which occurred around 9:00 am in Lokoja, Kogi State.

    The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Olusegun Martins attributed the incident to brake failure.

    He explained that the trailer was coming from Obajana when the driver lost control due to brake failure and rammed into the commercial tricycle (Keke NAPEP) and one Nissan taxi, at the Nataco junction.

    He added that a female student of the Kogi State Polytechnic and two others were killed on the spot, while eight others who sustained injuries were evacuated to the state Specialist Hospital Lokoja for treatment.

    While appealing to the Federal Government to construct a flyover bridge at the Nataco junction, to reduce the incidence of accidents around the area, he charged drivers to maintain and ensure the good condition of their vehicles, to prevent brake failure and other unforeseeable vehicular faults.

    An eyewitness account had it that the driver of the truck which was heading northwards lost control around the polytechnic gate.

    Students of the school subsequently went on the rampage on confirmation of the death of their colleague, barricading the highway and making bonfires, leading to a gridlock along the corridor.

    An eyewitness, Mr Emmanuel Adams called on the state government to intensify effort in sending away people who sell by the road side of the highway, saying the casualties could have been more if it was a market day.

    Also speaking the head of the emergency unit of Specialist Hospital, Lokoja Mr Okpanachi Stephen, confirmed that at about 10:00 am on Wednesday, eight people were brought to the hospital from NATACO junction where the accident occurred.

    He noted that some of the victims have head injuries while others were bleeding from the cut they sustained on their bodies.

    Stephen added that Doctors and Nurses on duties have attended to them and they were responding to treatment while the corpses of the deceased are deposited in the morgue.

  • Two killed, ten vehicles burnt in Kogi accidents

    Two killed, ten vehicles burnt in Kogi accidents

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Thursday that two persons died and 10 vehicles got burnt in four crashes that occurred in different parts of Kogi State between June 23 and June 28.

    The state Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Olusegun Martins, who made this known to newsmen in Lokoja, said that the four crashes occurred at Kabba, Okene, Ankpa and Koton Karfe.

    According to him, four other persons sustained serious injuries in the accidents.

    Martins said that 10 vehicles got burnt at Total area in Okene on June 23 when a fuel-laden tanker went up in flames.

    He said that nobody died in the incident and that the obstruction that followed was promptly cleared by men and officers of the FRSC.

    He said that other obstructions at Murtala Bridge at Jamata, Zariagi-Okene Road and Lokoja-Ajaokuta Road were promptly cleared to allow for free flow of traffic.

    The sector commander observed that there was an unusual increase in the number of trucks plying the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway, attributing the development to the collapse of Mokwa Bridge.

    He appealed to the Federal Government to repair the bridge before another festive period, to ease pressure on the road.