By correspondent in Lokoja.
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As families and sympathisers of the victims of multiple Okene road crashes headquarters of Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State continue to mourn the death of their loved ones,Mr Samuel Ogundayo, FRSC Acting Sector Commander in Kogi.state,has disclosed that six persons lost their lives in the tragic accident.
The Acting Sector Commander,who disclosed this while confirming the terrible incident in an interview with journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday added that five others sustained injuries in the crashes.
He described the accident as “tragic and very unfortunate,” saying that the accident, which occurred at Old Zango in Okunchi community of Okene around 8.30p.m. of Monday involved seven vehicles.
Ogundayo said that information available to him indicates that the tragic incident happened as a result of the inability of a truck to climb the hill within the vicinity of Total filling station as it lost break and rolled backward,crushing two Tricycles, three cars and ramped into another truck.
“The tragic and unfortunate incident left six persons dead and five others injured.
“The FRSC rescue operatives who arrived the accident scene in good time rushed the injured to the Referral Hospital, Okene for treatment, while the corpses of the dead were deposited at Mortuary of the Reference hospital Okene ” he further disclosed.
He noted that his officers and other security agencies did their best to clear the gridlock on the highway for resumption of free flow of traffic.
The acting commander advised motorists to always take precautions by giving good distance to trucks on highways, especially at hilly areas, as to avoid any eventuality at break loss.
He also urged motorists to endeavour to keep to the traffic rules and regulations to help reduce traffic road crashes and carnage on our roads.
Some sympathisers,who also reacted to the incident in social media platforms, stressed the need for the kogi state government and Okene local government council to establish fire stations in the five local government areas of kogi central to attend to emergency situations as a road accident, promptly.
They argued that this would reduce the effect of such calamity of the victims among other advantages.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
