Nineteen people have died and many others have been hurt in separate car accidents in the states of Edo and Taraba.
In Edo State, 12 people died and 14 others were hurt in a different crash over the weekend in the Egono community along the Auchi–Ewu–Benin road.
The crash happened when a speeding truck carrying people and goods tried to pass another vehicle in a dangerous way, lost control, and flipped over.
Patricia Onwochei, a spokesperson for the Edo FRSC, told Daily Trust that the event happened.
She said that the accident was caused by someone passing in the wrong lane and that one victim had been buried and 11 others had been taken to the St. Lazarus Hospital mortuary.
On Tuesday at around 4:40 p.m., a crash in the Garbabi area of Gashaka Local Government Area killed seven people, including two minors and two women.
A commercial vehicle carrying 11 people from Bali to Serti, the capital of Gashaka LGA, was involved in the accident.
Haruna Lukman, an official with the Nigeria Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) in Bali, said that the vehicle crashed head-on with an oncoming trailer while going around a sharp turn near Kabarin Baturi village on the Bali–Serti road.
He said that all of the victims died on the spot. He also said that NARTO officials, the police, and good Samaritans took the dead and injured to Bali General Hospital.
Lukman said that the car, which was made to hold six people, was often overloaded with up to nine because gas prices were going up and security agents were said to be extorting money from people.
