Two killed as trailer rams into bus in Abuja

Two persons were killed after a trailer rammed into a bus at Mandaregi village on the Abuja-Lokoja highway.

According to Daily Trust, a witness, Shuaibu Aliyu, said the accident happened around 5pm on Saturday when the driver of a DAF trailer loaded with tiles coming from the Lokoja axis veered off his lane and crashed into a bus, killing two people on the spot.

Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) evacuated the corpses into their patrol van, while other officials were busy controlling traffic.

It was also gathered that three persons were injured in another accident which occurred on Thursday in Kotonkarfe on the same Abuja-Lokoja highway.

The accident involved a truck with Registration Number: AAA 871 XW, and an unmarked trailer.

The Abaji Unit Commander of FRSC, Shehu Abubakar Dogondaji, who confirmed the incidents, said the two corpses of the first accident had been deposited at the Abaji General Hospital.