Seven die, seven injured as two vehicles collide in Niger

Seven radical person been confirmed dormant and 7 others injured aft a Mazda car collided with a Toyota Sienna on the Bida-Kutigi-Mokwa Road successful Niger State.
The latest casualty fig differs from an earlier report, which enactment the decease toll astatine 9 based connected eyewitness accounts astatine the scene.

However, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, confirmed that 7 radical died, 7 were injured, portion 4 others escaped unhurt.

The Niger State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Corps Commander Aishat Sa’adu, who confirmed the incident, said 18 radical were progressive successful the crash.

The mishap occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday betwixt the Lanle and Shaba Woro communities on the Bida-Kutigi-Mokwa Road.

According to Sa’adu, the clang progressive a Mazda conveyance travelling from Minna towards Mokwa and a Toyota Sienna coming from Lagos towards Minna.

She said the injured victims were evacuated to the General Hospital, Kutigi, for aesculapian treatment, portion the bodies of the deceased were deposited astatine the mortuary.

Sa’adu attributed the clang to wrongful overtaking and nonaccomplishment of power by the Mazda driver.

She explained that the Mazda was reportedly attempting to overtake erstwhile the operator mislaid power and collided with the oncoming Sienna.

The clang cause...