Six Die, 14 Injured In Auto Crash

02.02.2008

Six persons died and 14 others were injured on Friday in a ghastly road accident near A. Y. filling station, along Gwagwalada-Giri road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The accident involved an 18-seater bus and a private car. An eyewitness, Mr Simon Auta, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident was the result of a collision between the two vehicles travelling at high speed.

“The private car and the bus were over-taking a truck when the accident occurred,’’ he said.

The six corpses were deposited at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital’s mortuary, while the 14 injured persons were taken to the hospital for treatment.

Confirming the accident, the FCT Zonal Commander of the FRSC, Jonas Agu, said: “It is true there was a fatal accident, but I am yet to get the details.’’
An official of the hospital conf

irmed the number of those that died and urged members of the public whose relations travelled yesterday morning to check the hospital for details.