Along Katsina-Ala-Zaki Biam Road in Benue State, a truck carrying bags of cement was involved in a single accident that claimed the lives of at least seven people.
According to reports, some of the truck’s occupants suffered varying degrees of injuries in the weekend collision.
The driver of the cement truck, which was carrying around 600 bags of cement, lost control after hitting a pothole while it was travelling towards Zaki Biam at full speed. Seven people were killed and several more were injured when the car overturned.
“In fact, it was the quick intervention of the locals that saved the lives of six of the occupants of the truck who sustained injuries, though two others escaped unhurt,” an eyewitness said.
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While confirming the accident, the state sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Steve Ayodele, said: “The accident happened along Katsina Ala-Zaki Biam road around 11 am on Saturday, and it involved 15 people, seven were killed, six injured and two without injury.”
The sector commander also confirmed that the debris of the ill-fated truck had been removed from the road to allow for the free flow of traffic.
