By Wilson Adekumola
At least five people have been reportedly dead and 24 injured in a road accident that occurred in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State.
According to The News Agency of Nigeria, the incident has been confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Commission Sector Commander in the state, Abdullahi Hassan.
The FRSC senior officer revealed that the accident occurred around 12.41 p.m. on Saturday in Abakpa community, Ogoja Local Government Area.
While explaining how it happened, the sector commander said the accident involved a Mercedes Benz Tipper carrying about 31 passengers to a burial ceremony, and the driver suddenly lost control of the vehicle when it had a burst tire.
“Among the victims were 29 male adults, one female adult and one female child.
“Out of the 31 passengers, 24 male adults got injured, two passengers were not injured – that is one female adult and one female child, while five male adults lost their lives in the crash.
“Three of the corpses were taken to the mortuary while those injured were taken to the General Hospital Ogoja by the FRSC officials.
“The other two corpses were retrieved by their relatives at the scene of the accident,” he said.
