19 die in Okene-Lokoja highway auto crash

In an automobile accident on Sunday in Kogi state along the Okene-Lokoja route, nineteen individuals were burned to death. 

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) claimed in a statement that the accident involved a Dangote truck with registration details NSH680YJ and a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number KMC455ZE.

Jonas Agwu, the agency's public education officer, made the announcement. 

The FRSC reports that the truck's route violation caused both cars to collide head-on, igniting a fire. Three of the twenty-two passengers—all men—were rescued, according to the agency.

“The TYT bus loaded from Kano was on its lane on the highway when the Dangote Truck driver who drove all the way from Port Harcourt wrongfully overtook a vehicle & collided head-on with the bus.

The impact of the collision resulted in an inferno that burnt the victims to death,” the statement reads.

“Unfortunately, 19 people out of the 22 victims were killed and 1 injured. The remaining 2 victims who were rescued by FRSC operatives without injuries survived the crash because they complied with traffic regulations on the compulsory use of seatbelts.

“The corpses of the dead victims whose lives were claimed by the crash have been deposited at Okene General Hospital."

The FRSC corps marshal, Dauda Biu, declared that the organisation will carry on prosecuting drivers "who by their actions cause road traffic crashes in Nigeria." 

In order to guarantee the prompt and efficient prosecution of offenders, Biu also urged the judiciary, the leadership of transport unions, and other pertinent parties in the road transport industry to collaborate with the corps.

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