The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that no fewer that 19 persons died and eight others were injured in an auto crash which occurred on Sunday along Lokoja-Obajana road.
The State Sector Commander of the corps, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed the incident to TVC on Monday.
Tsukwam said that some of the survivors sustained bruises, cuts, dislocations, fractures, and fire burns.
He said that the fatal accident occurred at Gadabiu community along the Lokoja-Obajana road in Lokoja Local Government Area of the state on Sunday evening.
He revealed that among the 19 burnt to death, were five children.
According to him, the fatal and very sad accident involved an articulated vehicle (Truck) and a Toyota Hummer Bus heading to Abuja from the South.
He said that it was a head-on collision when the bus on high speed tried to overtake an articulated vehicle only to face an incoming articulated vehicle with no option.
The commander said that the highways were not race roads and appealed to motorists to avoid speed and wrongful overtaking.
He also tasked motorists to always keep to traffic rules and regulations to help the corps and the federal government in reducing road traffic crashes and carnage on roads across the country.
