The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Kogi Sector Commander, Stephen Dawulung, has disclosed that five persons lost their lives while three others were injured in an auto-crash that occurred in Kogi on Sunday.
Dawulung, who described the incident as very unfortunate, told newsmen in Lokoja that the auto crash occurred at Ogbagbo junction along the Ejule-Ochadamu road in eastern senatorial district of Kogi state.
The accident occurred around12.47 p.m. when a Nissan car collided with a Mazda car.
The sector commander explained that the Nissan car lost control while trying to avoid a pothole as it veered off its lane and collided with the oncoming Mazda 323 car.
“Unfortunately, out of eight persons involved in the fatal accident, four died instantly while four sustained serious injuries.
“Our personnel, who rushed to the scene after a distress call, rescued the four injured and rushed them to Enemona Hospital, Ejule in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi, where the fifth person died while receiving medical treatment.
“The corpses of the five dead passengers have been deposited at the morgue of the same Enemona Hospital, Ejule,” he said.
He advised motorists to maintain strict adherence to stipulated speed limits and the use of common Sense speed limits by slowing down in built up areas and bad portions of the road.
While condoling families of the victims, Dawulung called on the federal government to look into means of repairing the highways most of which he said were riddled with potholes.
