Sixteen people died Friday morning when a passenger bus veered off the Lokoja-Okene highway and fell under a bridge near Osara in Kogi State.
The crash happened at Aku village around 9:20 a.m., according to Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lawal Fagge. The Toyota Hiace bus, registration BUU 17 ZD, was travelling from Jos to Lagos with 22 passengers on board.
Fagge said fatigue and excessive speed caused the driver to lose control. Sixteen occupants, including 15 men and the only female passenger, died at the scene.
FRSC officials responded to the distress call and rescued six injured passengers, who were taken to health facilities in Osara and the Specialist Hospital in Lokoja. The bodies of the deceased were deposited at Ankuri Mortuary in Lokoja.
The command urged drivers to avoid speeding and fatigue to prevent avoidable deaths on the highways.
