23 Killed, 22 Injured in Lagos-Bound Auto Crash

It was a sad end of year for the families of 23 persons who perished yesterday in an auto crash along the Bokani –Makera road in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State.

22 persons also sustained varying degrees of injury in the lone accident which involved a DAF truck bearing registration number BAJ 666 XA said to be conveying cows and scores of passengers from Dadin Kowa in Kebbi State, en route Lagos.

The accident reportedly occurred On Monday when the truck skidded off the road and crashed into a bush while negotiating a sharp bend.

Victims of the accident, including the dead and those injured were evacuated to the General Hospital, Mokwa, according to the state police command.