19 dead, one injured in Kogi auto crash

Nineteen persons have been confirmed dead, while one was injured in the kogi auto crash caused by a head-on collision between a truck and a Hilux bus.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this on Sunday through the corps education officer, Jonas Agwu, in a statement after an accident in the Okene area of Kogi State.

It was reported that twenty-two persons, all male, were involved. However, nineteen of them were killed, one injured, and two other persons were rescued unhurt by FRSC operatives.

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“Emergency rescue teams of the Federal Road Safety Corps endured another over three hours of inferno in their bid to rescue road traffic victims at the scene of a fatal crash that claimed 19 lives on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Okene bypass, on the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State,”

He said the accident involved two vehicles a truck and a Toyota Hilux bus coming from Kogi State. Both vehicles collided, however the impact of the collision resulted in a fire inferno that burnt the victims to death.

The bodies of the deceased victims have been deposited at Okene General Hospital.