Niger: Seven die, 16 injured in truck accident
A ghastly accident involving an articulated vehicle has claimed seven lives, with 16 others injured along the Agaie-Badegi Road in the Katcha Local Government Area of Niger.
The director-general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Minna.
He attributed the accident to a bad portion of the road on the Lambata/Bida axis.
Mr Baba-Arah stated that the truck was carrying federal government grains with passengers numbering about 36, all male, heading to Kano from Lagos State.
“As of the time of filing this report, seven people were confirmed dead, 11 people with a high degree of injuries, while five people sustained minor injuries.
“Some of the injured were taken to Badeggi and Agaie health centres, and others were taken away by their fellow colleagues,” he said.
The director-general added that most of the dead have been taken away by their relatives.
He said search and rescue operations were carried out by NSEMA alongside commuters and some villagers near the scene of the incident.
(NAN)
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