13 killed in multiple crashes in Delta

 No fewer than 13 persons were killed on Thursday in an accident that involved three vehicles near the office of the Delta State Agricultural Development Programme in Ibusa.
Confirming the incident on Friday, the Federal Roads Safety Corps State Sector Commander, Rindom Kumven, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident was caused by poor visibility and speeding by one of the drivers of the vehicles involved in the crash.
According to Kumven, 17 persons were involved in the accident out of which 13 persons, 11 males and two females, died.
Four other persons were injured and taken to St. Joseph Hospital and St. Rebecca Hospital in Asaba, while the dead bodies were deposited at Ibusa General Hospital.
“The accident happened along Asaba-Ogwashi-Uku road near ADP junction, Ibusa at about 7pm on Thursday,” the FRSC official said.

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