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No fewer than five people were killed and 16 people sustained varying degrees of injury in the Gboko area of Benue State when a vehicle lost control and rammed into people at a road market.
An eyewitness said that the incident occurred around 7 pm on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, when the driver of the vehicle lost control after having brake failure at the front of Temperance hotel, Akaajime within Gboko town.
It was gathered that they were going to Mkar from Gboko town when the accident happened.
According to the eyewitness, “the vehicle was coming from Gboko town to Mkar, in Gboko local government area of the state when the incident happened at Akaajime around 7 pm.
“Five people were killed on the spot, and 16 people were injured and receiving treatment at private hospitals in Gboko.
“There are 12 injured people at St. Joseph and four others at Atuna hospitals in Gboko receiving treatment.”
James Kachina, the chairman of Gboko local government, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, had visited the injured ones at the hospital.
The council boss was accompanied by the leader of the Gboko legislative house, Peters Maaki, and visited the two hospitals the injured are receiving treatment; Atuna and St John’s hospitals all in Gboko.
While stating that 16 injured people were in two different hospitals in Gboko town pledged the council’s assistance to the victims.
Police Public Relations Officer in Makurdi, Catherine Anene a Superintendent of Police confirmed the accident but that two people were killed.
She said, “A fatal motor accident occurred and two persons died.”
Source: Tribune
