No fewer than four persons reportedly lost their lives on Sunday in a ghastly motor accident along the Lokoja-Ajaokuta road in Kogi State.
The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the incident on Monday, saying that 11 other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries.
The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Tenimu Etuku, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Monday (today), explaining that the accident occurred at Jimgbe Community on the Ajaokuta–Lokoja road in Ajaokuta Local Government Area.
According to Etuku, the crash involved an 18-seater Toyota commercial bus.
He said personnel of the FRSC promptly rescued the injured victims and took them to the Kogi State Specialist Hospital for medical attention.
“The corpses of the four dead persons were deposited at the morgue of the same hospital,” the sector commander added.
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.”
He explained that the driver, while trying to avoid a head-on collision with an oncoming truck, rammed into a faulty truck that was stationary on the road.
Describing the accident as very unfortunate, Etuku urged motorists to exercise caution while driving, especially on highways.
“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,” the FRSC boss advised.