Four Ceramic Factory Workers Die in Kogi Auto Crash

Category: Kogi News

An accident involving a bus and Toyota, yesterday, claimed the lives of four staff of BN Ceramics Company, Ajaokuta, Kogi State while many were injured.

 An eyewitness said both vehicles had a head-on collision when the driver of the bus overtook another vehicle at a sharp bend.

The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Mr Solomon Agure, while confirming the accident, said three staff of the ceramics company died out of nine staff in the company’s vehicle. 

He said the staff worked overnight and closed in the morning but unfortunately when their staff bus was taking them home, their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle and three persons died on the spot. “Those that were injured were rushed to the hospital,” he said.