The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of four students of the Federal University, Lokoja in an auto crash.
The Kogi State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Samuel Oyediji, said the accident involved an articulated vehicle which lost control due to brake failure and crushed a shuttle bus conveying students to the campus.
Oyediji also disclosed that “apart from the four confirmed deaths, another student was injured, and currently receiving treatment at the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Lokoja.’
Our correspondent reports that the accident caused heavy traffic on the ever-busy Okene-Lokoja-Abuja road, with travellers stranded along the way.
Oyedeji said, “The articulated vehicle, allegedly from the southern part of the country, was heading to Abuja when the said incident occurred at Felele along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja road.”
According to him, the accident occurred around 3.40 p.m. when the truck carrying timber (woods) lost its brake, crossed over the other lane and crushed a shuttle bus carrying the students.
However, officers of the FRSC were on hand to rescue some victims who were trapped under the articulated vehicle.
The state Sector Commandant of the FRSC, Mr. Samuel Oyedeji, who personally led the rescue team disclosed to TheNigerian Metro that those who were injured had been moved to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja and Kogi State Specialist Hospital also in Lokoja for further treatment, while the bodies had been deposited in the morgue of the hospitals for identification.
