No fewer than five persons died, and three others injured in an auto crash in Kogi on Sunday. 

This was disclosed by Stephen Dawulung, the FRSC sector commander in Kogi.

Mr Dawulung, who described the incident as “very unfortunate,” stated that the crash occurred at Ogbagbo junction along the Ejule-Ochadamu road at about 12:47 p.m. when a Nissan car collided with a Mazda car.

The sector commander explained that the Nissan car lost control while trying to avoid a pothole as it veered off its lane and collided with the oncoming Mazda 323 car.

“Unfortunately, out of eight persons involved in the fatal accident, four died instantly while four sustained serious injuries. Our personnel, who rushed to the scene after a distress call, rescued the four injured and rushed them to Enemona Hospital, Ejule, in Ofu local government area of Kogi, where the fifth person died while receiving medical treatment,” the FRSC official stated.

He added that the corpses of the deceased were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

“The obstructions resulting from the crash were immediately cleared from the road by our officers to allow free flow of traffic,” Mr Dawulung said.

The FRSC sector commander also mentioned that the cause of the crash was speeding and a bad road, advising motorists to maintain strict adherence to stipulated speed limits and use common sense speed limits by slowing down in built-up areas and bad portions of the road.

While condoling the victims’ families, Mr Dawulung called on the federal government to fix the potholes-riddled highways.

(NAN)