14 die, 13 injured in Kogi auto crash

At least 14 people died in a head-on coalition involving two Toyota buses on Sunday in Kogi.

Thirteen people survived the accident that occurred at Aloma Community in the Ofu Local Government Area of the state, the Supreme News reports.

An eyewitness said that the accident involved a Toyota Sienna bus heading towards the southeast and a Toyota Hiace bus heading to Abuja from the southern part of the country.

“Thirteen persons, including the driver of the Hiace bus were completely roasted by the fire that engulfed the bus immediately after the head-on coalition.

“One of the four surviving persons in the bus died in hospital from burns suffered bringing the number to 14 that died,’’ he said.

According to him, none of the 10 occupants of the Sienna Bus died, but were badly wounded and receiving treatment in a hospital.

He commended the villagers who quickly came to the scene of the accident and rescued the injured.

“It is because of their timely intervention that the Sienna bus did not get burned as well,’’ he said.

The eyewitness blamed the accident on speeding and potholes on the road and added that it took rescuers three hours to remove the driver of the Sienna bus, whose two legs were badly damaged.

Contacted, the Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Samuel Oyedeji, confirmed the accident.