The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that a road crash that
occurred in Kwara State has claimed the lives of 19 persons. The Corps
Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, disclosed this while addressing a press
conference on Friday in Abuja.
He said the accident occurred at Kanbi village, on the Olooru new
Jebba road in Kwara State at exactly 20:00hrs on Thursday.
The Corps Marsha revealed that preliminary investigation revealed
that the crash which occurred as a result of excessive speed and
wrongful overtaking involved 2 vehicles; a blue Iveco trailer with no
trace of registration and a white Toyota Hiace bus with registration
number LSD363YE.
Mohammed stated: “A total of 25 people were involved, comprising
13 male adults, five female adults, two female children and five male
children.
“From this number, 5 people were injured (3 male adults and 2 female
adults), and 19 victims killed (11 male adults, 3 female adults,3 male
children, and 2 female children.
“The injured victims have been rescued to Orisun Ayo hospital, one
corpse was deposited at the morgue of the same hospital while the
remaining 18 dead bodies were claimed by the families of the deceased.”
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