The Federal Road Safety Corps yesterday said 18 persons died in an accident on Sunday evening on the Akwanga-Nasarawa Eggon highway.
The Nasarawa State sector commander of the corps, Ismaila Kugu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lafia that the mishap involved an articulated vehicle and a commuter bus belonging to the Benue Links Transport Company.Kugu added: “As of this evening when we went for a follow-up, five of the 11 injured persons we took to the hospitals for treatment have died.”
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