19 killed as Dangote truck rams into bus in Kogi
By Jeffrey Agbo
No fewer than 19 passengers died on Sunday at Okene bypass on the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State when a Dangote Group truck rammed into a commercial bus.
According to FRSC spokesman, ACM Jonas Agwu, the crash investigation report revealed that the crash involved a Dangote Truck bearing the following registration details NSH680YJ, and a Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number KMC455ZE.
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He stated that the Toyota Hiace Bus loaded from Kano was on its lane on the highway when the Dangote Truck driver who drove all the way from Port Harcourt wrongfully overtook a vehicle and collided head-on with the bus. The impact of the collision resulted in a fire inferno that burnt the victims to death.
According to the report, the crash which was caused by route violation ‘One Way’ and wrongful overtaking, involved 22 people all male.
Nineteen people out of the 22 victims were killed and one injured. The remaining 2 victims who got rescued by FRSC operatives without injuries survived the crash.
The corpses of the dead victims whose lives were claimed by the crash have been deposited at Okene General Hospital.