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From Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja
Tragedy struck yesterday when six students of the Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State and a driver lost their lives as articulated vehicles rammed into FUL shuttle bus conveying them to school at Felele, Lokoja which is notorious for terrible accidents
A witnes account said the accident occured at about 2.30 pm, adding that six students including the driver of the FUL shuttle bus lost their lives during the accident.
According to the source, the articulated vehicle was carrying woods and hundreds of Jerry cans of palm oil heading to Abuja axis when it lost control due to break failure and rammed into the FUL shuttle bus already filled up with students and who were on their way to school.
The FUL shuttle bus was crushed by the articulated vehicles as motorists and passengers travelling along the high way were stranded.
However, officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission were on ground to rescue some victims that were trapped under the articulated vehicle.
State Sector Commandant of the FRSC, Samuel Oyedeji, who led his team to the scene of the accident, said he could not give the actual numbers of casualties.
He, however,disclosed that those that were injured have been moved to Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, and Kogi State Specialist Hospital also in Lokoja, for further treatment, while the dead bodies have been deposited in the Morgue of the hospitals for identification.
