Lokoja – Two persons were on Sunday crushed to death in Koton Karfe community of Kogi State.
The victims were one commercial motorcycle rider and one of his two passengers.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of the two persons.
The state Sector Commander, Stephen Dawulung said that a MAN Diesel truck crushed them.
He said that the accident occured at Magajia village on Abuja-Lokoja highway at about 1.48 p.m on Sunday.
Dawulung said that the crash occured when the tricycle, conveying two persons, drove against traffic and collided with an oncoming truck resulting to the death of the two occupants of the tricycle.
“Aside the violation of route exhibited by the tricyclist, both the tricycle and truck were also on speed, which made the accident unavoidable.
“Luckily, our personnel, who arrived the scene within 10 minutes of the unfortunate incident, carried out recovery and rescue operations as well as traffic control to ensure free flow of traffic,” he said.
The sector commander disclosed that relatives of the deceased have already taken the corpses away for burial as they refused them (corpses) being taken to the mortuary.
While commiserating with families of the victims, Dawulung reiterated the need for tricycle operators to desist from plying the express and highways in violation of the National Road Traffic Regulations.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
