{"id":4426,"date":"2022-09-21T18:55:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=4426"},"modified":"2023-04-29T23:05:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T22:05:40","slug":"four-dead-six-injured-in-kogi-fatal-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/four-dead-six-injured-in-kogi-fatal-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Dead, Six Injured in Kogi Fatal Accident\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi has said four persons died while six others sustained injuries on Tuesday in an accident on Kabba-Lokoja-Abuja road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8080026755787218\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8080026755787218\" data-ad-slot=\"7193833156\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kogi Sector Commander Stephen Dawulung confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Wednesday, explaining that one person did not sustain injury.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dawulung said that the accident involved a bus and that it occurred at 3.10 p.m. on Tuesday, at Km 2, Line 3, Obajana, Kogi on Kabba-Lokoja-Abuja road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that the injured persons were rescued by the corps\u2019 personnel and were quickly rushed to a hospital in Obajana for treatment while the four bodies were deposited in the hospital\u2019s morgue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that the accident was caused by over-speeding that could not be controlled when one of the tyres deflated, resulting in a summersault.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf the driver wasn\u2019t on high speed, the accident might not have occurred or it could have been mild.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that most times, you see drivers competing on the roads for no just cause but only to put their lives and those of their passengers at risk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe always advise that drivers should adhere to stipulated speed limits as provided for all categories of vehicles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThey should always endeavour to conduct routine checks on their vehicles, including tyres before embarking on any journey and avoid the use of second hand tyres,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8080026755787218\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8080026755787218\" data-ad-slot=\"7193833156\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi has said four persons died while six others sustained injuries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[236,34,38,176],"class_list":{"0":"post-4426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-frsc","8":"tag-kogi","9":"tag-lokoja","10":"tag-road-safety"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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