Picture a busy Kogi highway turning deadly in seconds—Dangote Cement truck slams head-on into a local government Toyota, claiming five lives on the spot, including three innocent children. Heartbreak doesn’t get more raw.
The crash hit around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday at Gidan Bassa on Lokoja-Ajaokuta road, involving a Sino truck (BBR 719 SA) and Toyota Avensis (Kogi BJK 172 LG) from Omala LGA—12 people total, with wrongful overtaking sparking the fiery collision.
Five died instantly: two girls, one boy, one man, one woman. Seven survivors—bruises, fractures—rushed to Ekpe Hospital Ganaja and ASCO Ajaokuta. Bodies at Kogi Specialist Hospital morgue; phones seized, vehicles to Ajaokuta police.
FRSC slams dangerous driving, speeding, overtaking errors as killers on busy routes—drivers, slow down, follow rules, save lives.
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