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From John Adams Minna
A new bride whose identity was not immediately known and five of her bridesmaids have been killed in an auto crash along Bida-Mokwa Road in Niger state.
Also died in the accident is the brother-in-law of the late Bride and six others.
The accident which involved a Toyota Corolla and a commercial Nissan bus, occured at Lukoro village in Edati local government area of the state on Friday evening.
The car conveying the bride and her maids collided with the incoming Corolla car which resulted in the accident and the eventual death of the occupants.
Eye witness attributed the cause of the crash to over- speeding and wrong overtaking by the bus driver conveying the bride and her guests.
It was gathered that 20 people were actually involved in the accident out of which 13 died and seven others were critically injured.
The Niger state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Tsukwan Kumar who confirmed the accident said that the crash involved two vehicles which include a ash color Toyota Corolla from Mokwa heading towards Bida and a commercial Nissan bus heading towards Mokwa.
The ill-fated bus with registration Number JJN 983 ZU had departed Minna and was heading to Ogbomosho in Oyo state when the unfortunate accident occured.
He said that those who died included eight female adults, four male adults, and one male child while four female adults, one male adult, one male child, and one female child were injured.
Kumar said that the injured victims were taken to the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Bida for medical treatment while nine of the dead victims were handed over to their various relatives at the crash scene upon identification of the bodies while the remaining four dead bodies were taken to General hospital Kutigi mortuary.
“The vehicles and properties which include five phones, one International passport, one NIN slip, three handbags, two traveling boxes, goods, and other personal effects, belonging to the victims were handed over to the Police Outpost in Wuya, Mokwa local government area.
