A tragic incident has claimed the lives of no fewer than 13 people, including a newlywed bride, five bridesmaids, her brother-in-law, and six others, near Lukoro in Edati, Niger State.
The Informant247 gathered that the accident, which occurred on Friday evening, involved two vehicles: an ash Toyota Corolla travelling from Mokwa to Bida and a commercial Nissan bus heading from Minna, the Niger State capital, to Ogbomosho in Oyo State.
According to reports, the incident was attributed to speeding and reckless overtaking.
Tsukwan Kumar, the Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), while confirming the incident, stated that the crash claimed the lives of eight female adults, four male adults, and one male child, adding that four female adults, one male adult, one male child, and one female child sustained critical injuries.
Kumar further stated that response teams rushed the injured victims to the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Bida, for immediate medical treatment, while nine bodies of the deceased were handed over to their grieving relatives at the crash scene upon identification, and the remaining four were taken to the General Hospital Kutigi mortuary.