Five persons on Friday died in an auto accident at Ogbabo village on Ajaokuta-Anyigba road in Kogi.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Olusegun Martins, who confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria, said that two other victims sustained serious injuries.
He said that the accident, which happened at about 3:30p.m, involved two Sienna sport utility vehicles with registration numbers EPE 307 XU and AK ILIKA 1 with the sticker of Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) on it.
He said that the injured had been taken to nearby hospital in the area for treatment and the dead, deposited at a mortuary.
Martins stated that investigation into the cause of the accident had commenced.
However, an eyewitness who would not reveal his identity told NAN that the affected vehicles were coming from the opposite directions.
The sector commander said they collided when one of them was trying to avoid a pothole on the road.
(NAN)
