Six people have been reported dead as Toyota Sienna vehicle with Registration Number; Rivers, AFM 810 NK and a Truck with no license plate collided, along the Ogoja – Ikom segment of the Calabar – Ikom – Katsina-Ala federal highway.
The incident occurred on Tuesday where the Cross River State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, rescued one with injury.
Report by the News Agency of Nigeria NAN, said that the truck with no license plate was not only used in transporting livestock, but goods and foodstuffs.
It said the Sector Commander of the corps, Mr. Abdullahi Hassan who witnessed the incident told the newsmen that one person was injured in the accident.
“While those who died were six, consisting of five males and one female, Mr. Hassan said “eight male adults and one female adult were in the vehicles.
He said both the injured and those who died have since been deposited in the General Hospital Ogoja, C’River Northern Senatorial District, South south region of Nigeria by officers of the FRSC.
He used the occasion to advise motorists not to engage in wrongful overtaking and speeding on highways.