Four Policemen, Eight Others Fear Dead In Auto Crash
Salimot Raji
At least 12 persons were feared dead, including four policemen, in a road mishap on Nasarawa-Eggon/Akwanga highway in Nasarawa State.
According to eyewitness, the accident which involved a bullion van with registration number GGE 256 AR, as well as a Police Hilux vehicle and Hiace Toyota bus with registration number NS 36A26, belonging to Nasarawa Express, occurred on Friday evening at Wagan village, a few metres before Nasarawa-Eggon.
10 others were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries and are currently receiving treatment at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH) in Lafia, the state capital.
State Police Command spokesman, Ismaila Numan, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who confirmed the accident on Saturday said only one policeman and three passengers died in the accident, while seven were hospitalised.
“The said accident involved four police officers, but only one died. Three others who sustained injuries were rushed to a Specialist hospital here in Lafia, and as I am speaking now, two persons have been discharged today. So, we have only one officer at the hospital now”.