An RTA accident, has abruptly ended the life of a newly wedded bride, five bridesmaids, brother-in-law, and six others near the Lukoro area in Edati Local Government Area of Niger State, on Friday evening
Ekweanaedo News gathered that the vehicle carrying the late bride lost control due to over-speeding and wrongful overtaking, resulting in a collision with an oncoming commercial bus, a Nissan model, en route from Minna to Ogbomosho in Oyo State.
An eyewitness at the scene who spoke with newsperson disclosed that the accident impacted 20 individuals, out of which 13 succumbed to their injuries while seven others were left critically injured.
The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Tsukwan Kumar, confirmed the occurrence of this tragic event.
He said,
“The crash involved two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla conveying the late bride and others from Mokwa to Bida and a commercial Nissan bus from Minna heading to Ogbomoso.
“Those who died include eight female adults, four male adults, and one male child, while four female adults, one male adult, one male child, and one female child were injured.
“The vehicles involved in the accident, had property which include five phones, one International passport, one NIN slip, three handbags, two travelling boxes, goods and other personal effects belonging to the victims were handed over to the Police Outpost in Wuya.
Meanwhile, the corpses of the deceased have been handed over to their relatives after proper identification while the remaining four yet to be identified have been deposited at the General Hospital, Kutigi, headquarters of Lavun Local Government Area of the state while the injured are now in the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Bida for medical treatment.
