At least 23 people lost their lives while 22 sustained injuries
when a truck loaded with cows and 45 persons ran out-of-control and
somersaulted into a bush in Niger state.
According to NAN, the accident occurred around 5am on Monday
along Bokani-Makera road in Mokwa local government area of the state.
Adamu Usman, commissioner of police in the state, said the
truck with registration number BBJ 666 XA, was coming from Dadin Kowa, in Kebbi
state en route to Lagos.
He attributed the accident to failure of drivers to obey
traffic rules and regulations.
Usman said the corpses of the deceased, and the other 22 who
sustained various degree of injuries, had been conveyed to the Mokwa General
Hospital for postmortem and treatment respectively.
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