A bride, her brother-in-law, and five bridesmaids, along with six others, lost their lives in an accident when the vehicle carrying them lost control due to over speeding and wrongful overtaking, as reported by Vanguard News.
An eyewitness stated that 20 individuals were involved in the accident, with 13 fatalities and seven others critically injured. The second vehicle was a commercial Nissan bus departing from Minna to Ogbomosho, Oyo State.
The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Tsukwan Kumar, confirmed the incident, describing it as a crash involving a Toyota Corolla conveying the late bride and others from Mokwa to Bida, and a commercial Nissan bus from Minna heading to Ogbomoso.
The casualties included eight female adults, four male adults, and one male child, while the injured comprised four female adults, one male adult, one male child, and one female child.
Belongings recovered from the accident scene, such as five phones, an International passport, a NIN slip, three handbags, two traveling boxes, goods, and other personal effects, were handed over to the Police Outpost in Wuya.
The corpses of the deceased have been handed over to their relatives after proper identification.
The four remaining bodies, yet to be identified, were deposited at the General Hospital, Kutigi, headquarters of Lavun Local Government Area, while the injured are receiving medical treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Bida.
Kumar said: “The crash involved two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla conveying the late bride and others from Mokwa to Bida and a commercial Nissan bus from Minna heading to Ogbomoso.
“Those who died include 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.
“The vehicles involved in the accident, had property which include five phones, one International passport, one NIN slip, three handbags, two travelling boxes, goods and other personal effects belonging to the victims were handed over to the Police Outpost in Wuya.”
