18 people die in Niger road crash
Eighteen people have lost their lives in a road crash involving a heavy-duty truck at Wuya village along the Bida-Mokwa Road in Gbako Local Government Area of Niger State. A resident of the village, Abdulrahman Mohammed, told Daily Trust that the truck crashed into a bridge at a sharp bend in the area on Wednesday […]
An eighteen-vehicle collision claimed the lives of eighteen people in Niger State, Nigeria, on Wednesday morning. The crash occurred at Wuya village along the Bida-Mokwa Road in Gbako Local Government Area. Abdulrahman Mohammed, a resident of the village, recounted that the heavy-duty truck veered off the road and struck a bridge at a sharp bend.
By 4 pm that day, rescue operations were still underway to extract bodies from the water. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the incident, stating that the truck was carrying 42 passengers, with 41 males and one female. The crash resulted in the deaths of 17 males and one female, while 22 males sustained severe injuries.
Two passengers were uninjured. The victims were evacuated to the Federal Medical Centre in Bida, where the deceased were subsequently interred. The FRSC attributed the accident to driver fatigue and warned motorists against driving while tired. The truck was en route from Lagos to Kano when the unfortunate incident took place.
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