{"id":18653,"date":"2019-12-09T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=18653"},"modified":"2019-12-09T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:12:00","slug":"auto-crash-kills-12-in-niger-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/auto-crash-kills-12-in-niger-state","title":{"rendered":"Auto crash kills 12 in Niger State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State has confirmed the death of 12 persons in an accident on Sunday at Sawmill village along Mokwa -Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Joel Dagwa, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Minna that the accident involved a Truck Container with registration No. KJ 555 XX heading to Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Dagwa said that the Truck that came from Maiduguri, picked passengers from Zaria in Kaduna State before heading to Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d The accident involved 103 people, 55 females, 40 males, 8 children, 5 adults, 12 of them were killed while 91 sustained injuries and taken to Mokwa general hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the 12 corpses have been deposited at the hospital\u2019s morgue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He blamed the accident on speeding on a sharp bend of the road.<\/p>\n<p>The sector commander said that the Corps would continue to monitor road users to guard against overloading and dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe have since embarked on aggressive patrols across all major highways to ensure that road users adhere strictly to traffic rules and regulations to avoid road accidents before, during and after the Christmas and New Year festivities,\u201d he said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State has confirmed the death of 12 persons in an accident on Sunday at Sawmill village along Mokwa -Makera road in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. 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