Niger road crash claims 22 lives, injures 20
Story by Susan Mbamah
The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Aisha Saadu, has confirmed the death of 22 persons in a lone lorry crash that occurred along the Suleja-Lapai road in the early hours of Monday.
According to Saadu, the incident happened around 3:40 a.m. when the lorry, which was traveling from Kano to Lagos with 42 male passengers and goods, crashed. “22 of the passengers died on the spot, while the remaining 20 sustained varying degrees of injuries,” she said.
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The FRSC officials from Lambatta and Suleja units responded promptly to the distress call, rushing the injured victims to the Federal Medical Centre in Lambatta, while the corpses of the deceased were deposited at the Suleja General Hospital.
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