4 ceramic firm workers die in Kogi auto crash
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By Boluwaji Obahopo
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.
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Four staff of BN Ceramics Company, Ajaokuta, have lost their lives in a fatal motor accident.
Our correspondent gathered that the accident, which involved the company bus and a Toyota car, occurred around 9.45am on Wednesday when they were on their way home from work.
According to a witness, the vehicles had a head-on collision when the bus driver overtook another vehicle at a sharp bend.
The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Solomon Agure, while confirming the accident, said three of the nine staff members on the bus died on the spot.
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.
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Four staff of BN ceramics company Ajaokuta have lost their lives along in Ajaokuta early hour on Wednesday.
Tribune Online reliably gathered that the accident which involved a bus and Toyota car occurred at about 9:45 am on Wednesday.
According to an eye witness account both vehicles involved in a head-on collision when the driver of the bus overtook another vehicle in a sharp bend.
The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Solomon Agure while confirming the accident said three staff of the BN Ceramics company died out of nine staff in the company vehicle.
By Ibrahim Oyewale
No fewer than four members of staff of BN Ceramics, Ajaokuta lost their lives in an auto crash which occurred along the Ajaokuta-Itobe road in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State Wednesday morning.
The accident occurred when a bus and a Toyota car had a head-on collision at about 9.45 am.
The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Solomon Agure, who confirmed the accident, said three members of staff of BN Ceramics died out of the nine staff in the company’s vehicle.
Agure explained that the staff worked overnight and closed from work in the morning but unfortunately, when their staff bus was taking them to their various residence, the vehicle had a head-on collusion with another vehicle and three persons died on the spot.