Lokoja-Abuja Road: 6 Feared Dead In Auto Crash ... Read...

No fewer than six persons lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday on Lokoja-Abuja road. Ten other people had various degrees of injury in the accident which occurred at about 4 am at a bend on the road at Ohono village located on the ever busy road. The Kogi State sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission ( FRSC) , Mr Ogochukwu Ugboma who confirmed the accident said that two vehicles, a truck load of cement products belonging to Dangote cement company and a J5 bus were involved. There was traffic build up in the area resulting in some vehicles diverting through the bush to gain access out of the accident zone. Ugboma said that traffic control was ongoing at the bend to avoid disruption of traffic flow, adding that four other persons escaped unhurt in the accident . Ugboma also attributed the possible cause of the accident to hazy weather and poor state of the road, adding that the injured were taken to the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Lokoja for treatment while the corpses were also deposited in the morgue of the hospital. Credit: Leadership