Six students of the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) and a driver lost their lives this afternoon when an articulated vehicle rammed into a FUL shuttle bus conveying them to school at Felele, Lokoja.
An eyewitness account stated that the accident occurred at about 2:30 pm today.
He further disclosed to our correspondent that six students, including the driver of the FUL shuttle bus, lost their lives during the accident.
According to the source, the articulated vehicle was carrying wood and hundreds of jerrycans of palm oil heading towards Abuja. Unfortunately, the driver lost control and rammed into the FUL shuttle bus, which was already filled with students and about to convey them to school.
The FUL shuttle bus was crushed by the articulated vehicle, causing motorists and passengers travelling along the highway to be stranded.
However, officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were on hand to rescue some victims who were trapped under the articulated vehicle.
The State Sector Commandant of the FRSC, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, who led his team to the scene of the accident, disclosed to newsmen that he couldn’t give the actual number of those who lost their lives.
He, however, disclosed that those who were injured had been moved to the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja and Kogi State Specialist Hospital, also in Lokoja, for further treatment, while the bodies had been deposited in the morgues of the hospitals for identification.
