24 persons have been reported dead in an autocrash that occured in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State on Monday.
According to The PUNCH, the truck conveying the passengers was heading to Lagos from Zaria with 87 persons on board.
In a statement made available by the sector commander of the Niger State Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kumar Tsukwan, the accident was said to have occurred in Etsu woro village.
“Twenty-four passengers travelling from Zaria to Lagos died in an auto crash involving a truck carrying 87 people at Etsu woro village in Lavun local government area of Niger state.
According to him, the accident along Bida-Mokwa Road happened at 10:10 p.m. and was a single-accident.
In addition to 45 people who were hurt and sent to the hospital for treatment, Tsukwan reported that 17 men, 4 women, and 4 children perished in the single Sino truck tragedy.
He added that the bodies had already been placed in the mortuary.
“The victims were evacuated from the site of the accident to the general hospital in Kutigi for medical attention while the corpse was deposited at the mortuary in Kutigi “.
