BEVERLY HILLS, May 08, (THEWILL) – No fewer than eight persons died with five injured in a lone auto accident on Friday night at Kwana Bokwai along Minna-Lambatta road in Niger state.
The commercial bus was said to be conveying 13 adult males from Minna to Katsina State.
According to the Federal Road Safety Corps Officer In-charge of the FRSC outpost on the Lambata Route, Commander Babatunde Onemola, the cause of the crash was a burst tyre that resulted in loss of control.
Officers of the FRSC Lambata Outpost, who carried out the rescue at the midnight hour, said 13 people were involved.
Seven died on the spot while one died at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Gawu Babangida.
The surviving five passengers suffered varying degrees of injuries.
