No fewer than 13 people, including a new bride, five bridesmaids, her brother-in-law, and six others, have lost their lives in a tragic Accident which took happened around Lukoro in Edati, Niger State.

jerrymusa.com reports that the devastating accident, happened in the evening on Friday, the cause of this accident has been attributed to a combination of speeding and reckless overtaking.

The crash involved two vehicles: an ash Toyota Corolla travelling from Mokwa to Bida and a commercial Nissan bus coming from Minna, the Niger State capital, to Ogbomosho in Oyo State.

Male and Female Die in the Accident

The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Tsukwan Kumar, disclosed that the crash claimed the lives of eight female adults, four male adults, and one male child.
Kumar further stated that four female adults, one male adult, one male child, and one female child sustained critical injuries.

Kumar further said that response teams rushed the injured victims to the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Bida for immediate medical treatment, while nine bodies of the deceased were handed over to their relatives at the crash scene upon identification, and the remaining four were taken to the General Hospital Kutigi mortuary.

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