The Federal Road Safety Corps said on Monday that 13 persons died while two were injured in an auto crash in Kogi State
The Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, said that the accident occurred around 7:30pm on Sunday.
He disclosed that the accident involving a commercial Sharon bus and an articulated cement truck, occurred by Obajana Market along Obajana -Lokoja Road in Lokoja Local Government Area of the state.
The sector commander said that the Sharon bus had packed behind a truck around the market for passengers to buy some things when the cement truck lost brake and rammed into it from behind.
“As soon as the truck rammed into the bus, it immediately went into flame and burnt virtually all the passengers inside it.
“Also burnt were the bus, two trucks and a motorcycle,” he said.
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