No fewer than 24 persons were killed on Monday night in an auto crash in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State.
It was learnt that the truck conveying the passengers was heading to Lagos from Zaria with 87 persons on board when the accident occurred.
Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kumar Tsukwan, who disclosed this in a copy of first accident report, the accident occurred in Etsu woro village.
“Twenty-four passengers travelling from Zaria to Lagos died in an auto crash involving a truck carrying 87 people at Etsu woro village in Lavun local government area of Niger state.”
According to him, the accident, which was a lone accident, occurred at 10:10pm along Bida-Mokwa Road.
Tsukwan said that 17 males, 4 females and 4 children died in the lone Sino truck accident, adding that 45 others were injured and taken to the hospital for treatment.
He also stated that the corpses have been deposited in the mortuary.
“The victims were evacuated from the site of the accident to the General Hospital in Kutigi for medical attention while the corpses were deposited at the mortuary in Kutigi,“ he said.