{"id":3446,"date":"2022-06-16T14:12:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T14:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2023-06-09T08:58:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T07:58:52","slug":"seven-die-five-injured-in-kogi-auto-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/seven-die-five-injured-in-kogi-auto-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Die, Five Injured in Kogi Auto Crash\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
No fewer than seven persons died and five others were injured in the Kogi auto accident on Thursday. The two vehicles collided at top speed.<\/span> Stephen Dawulung, Kogi Sector Commander, Federal Road Safely Corps (FRSC) confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja.<\/span><\/p>\n According to FRSC sector commander, the incident occurred around 4.40 a.m. on Thursday, when a Toyota Hiace bus had a head-on-collision with a DAF Articulated Vehicle at Akpanya near Koton Karfe on Abuja-Lokoja road.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen the two vehicles collided, seven persons died instantly and five persons sustained injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur officers, who quickly rushed to the scene when alerted, were able to assist at evacuating the victims especially the injured, for medical attention.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAlready, the injured were rushed to Koton Karfe Hospital, where they are being treated by medical personnel while the corpses are deposited at the mortuary,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/span><\/p>\n Dawulung further stated that the accident was caused by speed and route violation by either of the affected vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n The FRSC sector commander advised people, especially drivers to desist from night journey and speeding while being cautious enough to maintain their lanes, to avoid road crash.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No fewer than seven persons died and five others were injured in the Kogi auto accident on Thursday.…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[236,34,1350],"class_list":{"0":"post-3446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-frsc","8":"tag-kogi","9":"tag-stephen-dawulung"},"yoast_head":"\n
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