Bride, brother-in-law, five bridesmaids, six others die in Niger auto crash
Tragedy struck when a newlywed bride, her five bridesmaids, her brother-in-law, and six others died in a motor vehicle accident around Lukoro, Edati Local Government Area of Niger State. The fatal accident occurred on Friday evening.
According to reports, the car involved was carrying the late bride but lost control due to overspeeding and wrongful overtaking and collided with an oncoming vehicle.
An eyewitness report stated that 20 people were said to have been involved in the accident, of which 13 died and seven others were critically injured.
The other vehicle involved in the accident was a commercial Nissan bus that took off from Minna heading for Ogbomosho, Oyo State.
When contacted, Tsukwan Kumar, the Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), confirmed the incident.
Kumar said: “The crash involved two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla conveying the late bride and others from Mokwa to Bida and a commercial Nissan bus from Minna heading to Ogbomoso.
“Those who died include eight female adults, four male adults, and one male child, while four female adults, one male adult, one male child, and one female child were injured.
“The vehicles involved in the accident had property, which include five phones, one international passport, one NIN slip, three handbags, two travel boxes, goods, and other personal effects belonging to the victims were handed over to the Police Outpost in Wuya.”
Meanwhile, the corpses of the deceased have been handed over to their relatives after proper identification while the remaining four, who are yet to be identified, have been deposited at the General Hospital, Kutigi, headquarters of Lavun Local Government Area of the state while the injured are now in the Federal Medical Centre, Bida for treatment.
