- Fourty eight other travellers sustained varying degrees of injuries during the crash which happened on Monday, March 18.
At least ten persons have lost their lives in a fatal road accident on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway.
Fourty eight other travellers sustained varying degrees of injuries during the crash which happened on Monday, March 18.
The accident, which occurred at exactly 10:30, involved a DAF trailer and a total of 172 people, all male adults.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) made the disclosure in a statement by its Assistant Corps Marshal and Corps Public Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the crash was caused by excessive speed, overloading, and fatigue. This, however, caused the driver lose control of the wheels, thereby crashing into a ditch along the route.
The statement added: “As of the time of filing this statement, FRSC rescue team has concluded the evacuation of the injured victims to Saint Anthony and Umaru Musa Yar Adua hospitals, while the killed passengers were deposited at the morgue of the aforementioned hospitals as well.
“Efforts are still ongoing by FRSC Operatives to follow up on the injured victims in the hospitals to ensure they receive necessary medical attention.”
Reacting to this incident and in line with the imperatives of cautioning trailers against conveying human beings on top of goods in their vehicles, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Ali Biu, has mandated Sector Commanders to strengthen enforcement and advocacy campaigns nationwide.
He also directed commanding officers to commence with immediate effect, result-oriented patrol operations, and organise adequate Mobile Court operations along critical corridors
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