Accident: FRSC Kogi command has confirmed, six dead, 25 injured in Auto crash

The Kogi Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that six persons died while 25 others sustained injuries on Saturday in an accident on Okene-Ogori road.

According to Mr. Stephen Dawulung, the Sector Commander, yesterday, in Lokoja, who disclosed that the lone accident involved an articulated vehicle loaded with 45 persons and cows. He also reported that the accident, which occurred at about noon also left some of the cows dead.

He proclaimed the accident in his statement released to the government agency, the victims of the accident were taken to Ageva General Hospital, Okene, Ajunko Clinic and Maternity Ibilo, and Ogbagidi General Hospital, Okene. He said: “When the accident, which involved an IVECO trailer conveying cows and 45 persons down South, occurred by a graveyard just a few kilometers to Ogori Magongo along Okene-Ogori road, Kogi, our officers, and men were timely in response to it.