Thirteen persons have died while two others were injured in an auto crash in Kogi State.
The state Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC Sector Commander, disclosed this, saying the incident occurred around 7: 30 p.m. on Sunday.
He said the accident involving a commercial Sharon Bus and an articulated Cement Truck, occurred by Obajana Market along Obajana -Lokoja Road in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi.
The sector commander said the Sharon bus had packed behind a truck around the market for passengers to buy some things, when the cement truck lost brake and rammed into it from behind.
“And that as soon as the truck rammed into the bus, it immediately went into flame and burnt virtually all the passengers inside it.
“Also burnt were the bus, two trucks and a motorcycle.
The bus was reportedly heading to Abuja from the southern part of the country.
