Road Crash On Abuja Road Claims Nine Lives, Injures 10
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Sunday, said nine travellers lost their lives while ten others sustained various degree of injuries in a road accident along Yangoji-Abaji road, Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Abuja.
FRSC Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, in a statement on Sunday, said the crash involved a Toyota Hiace Bus with vehicle registration number KTG-450 KQ and Howo Sino truck along Yangoji-Abaji road at about 06:05 am on Sunday.
He explained that the vehicle which was heading to Katsina state crashed into a trailer, leading to the death of some of the occupants while others were injured.
Kazeem informed that the incident which happened in Sabongari village, near Gadabiyu, along Abaji-Yangoji involved the two commercial vehicles.
He further added that 22 male passengers were involved in the accident, while the FRSC recovered N3,170, six bags and 4 different mobile phones.
According to him, said the injured victims were rescued to general hospital Abaji by zebra16 and police on patrol, while the nine corpses were deposited at mortuary general hospital Kwali.
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