Three persons have reportedly died while others injured in a fatal accident involving a lone trailer in Gwachipe bridge in Lambatta area of Niger state.
The accident, it was learnt, occurred at about noon Wednesday was due to overspeeding and overloading which made the driver to lost control on the bridge and crashed.
It was gathered that the vehicle was going to Lagos from Kano had 36 passengers on board including the driver.
The Suleja-Lambata outpost route of the Federal Road Safety Corps carried out the rescue exercise and evacuated the victims to the hospital.
Confirming the accident, the Niger state Sector Commander, Corps Commander Joel Dagwa said that the crash was a lone crash which involved a commercial trailer without plate number.
He said that 36 people which include 25 male adults, seven female adults, two male children and two female children were involved in the accident adding that 30 people were seriously injured were three male died in the crash.
Dagwa said that the crash victims were taken to the Federal Medical Center in Gawu Babangida while corpses were taken to Sabon Wuse Mortuary.
