Afimag.com –
A marital journey that would have resulted to happiness came to a tragic end after a newly wedded bride, her five bridesmaids, brother-in-law, six others lost their lives in an auto crash.
The sad incident took place on January 26, 2024, close to Lukoro area at Edati Local Government Area of Niger State.
It was gathered that the vehicle conveying the late bride lost control and collided with an incoming vehicle due to over-speeding and wrongful over-taking of another vehicle.
An eye witness who spoke with Journalists, said 20 people were involved in the accident of which 13 have been confirmed dead while seven others sustained various degrees of injuries.
The other vehicle involved in the accident was a commercial Nissan bus that took off from Minna heading for Ogbomosho, Oyo State.
Reacting, Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Tsukwan Kumar, confirmed the incident, saying that “eight female adults, four male adults, and one male child while four female adults, one male adult, one male child, and one female child were injured.”
According to Kumar, “The crash involved two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla conveying the late bride and others from Mokwa to Bida and a commercial Nissan bus from Minna heading to Ogbomoso.
“Those who died include eight female adults, four male adults, and one male child while four female adults, one male adult, one male child, and one female child were injured.
“The vehicles involved in the accident, had property which include five phones, one International passport, one NIN slip, three handbags, two travelling boxes, goods and other personal effects belonging to the victims were handed over to the Police Outpost in Wuya,” he said.
