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11 Die In Nasarawa Ghastly Auto Crash
Eleven persons have been reported killed on Monday, while others sustained injuries in a ghastly accident on the Lafia-Akwanga Road in Nasarawa State.
The accident happened at Endehu hill, popularly called “Many have gone”, the same spot where the Nasarawa State deputy governor’s convoy was attacked recently.
The accident, which occurred some few minutes to 11am, involved a trailer loaded with cement, a Sharon car and a motorcycle.
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It was reported that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the police and travellers helped in the rescue operation.
The Nasarawa State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Ismaila Kugu, confirmed the accident to reporters in Lafia.
He said of the 11 victims, nine were men while two were women.
An eyewitness said the trailer with number plate Kano-KMC 523 YD, loaded with cement and heading for Lafia, crushed the Sharon car marked Nasarawa-LFA 497 ZY, killing the nine occupants.
The eyewitness said the trailer also crushed the motorcyclist to death, while one of the occupants of the trailer died in the accident.
He said the trailer allegedly had a brake failure and hit the rear of a moving truck with registration number Gombe-GME 466 XA, conveying beans from Gombe to Aba in Abia State, before it lost control and crushed the Sharon car, killing the occupants.
The bodies have been deposited at the General Hospital in Akwanga, Nasarawa State.
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