Auto Crash Kills Corps Member, Four Others

An auto crash at Sabon-Gari, along the Abuja-Lokoja Road has claimed the lives of a corps member, identified as Fasonya Shamsudeen Adejobi and four other passengers.

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A witness, who identified himself as Yakubu, recounted that the accident happened around 1:08 pm on Wednesday, when an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus with registration number EPE 898 DD lost control during heavy downpour.

According to him, officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) rushed three passengers who sustained injuries to the Kwali General Hospital for treatment.

He said the bus was coming from the Abuja axis at top speed amid heavy downpour when the driver lost control and crashed into the ditch.

The FCT sector commander of the FRSC, Samuel Ogar Ochi, confirmed the incident, and attributed it to speeding and poor visibility.

He said five passengers, including a corps member, died in the auto crash adding that three others sustained injuries and were taken to hospital.

He said the late corps member was a law graduate of Ekiti State University. He said the five corpses had been deposited at the hospital morgue.

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