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No less than 12 persons person reportedly died successful a fatal roadworthy clang successful Edo State.
DAILY POST reports that 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries.
The spokesperson of the Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Patricia Onwochei, who confirmed the accident, said it happened astatine the Egono assemblage connected the Auchi-Ewu-Benin road.
Onwochei, who attributed the mishap to wrongful overtaking, said a motortruck progressive successful the clang skidded disconnected the roadworthy and fell.
According to her, the truck, conveying passengers and goods and heading towards Benin City, dangerously overtook different conveyance astatine precocious velocity and, successful the process, fell and trapped immoderate of the passengers.
She said 12 persons died, portion 14 others sustained injuries successful the accident.
She added that 1 of the deceased was buried, portion 11 were deposited astatine St. Lazarus Hospital mortuary.
DAILY POST gathered from a root that 37 passengers were progressive successful the accident; 12 died, 14 sustained varying degrees of injuries, portion others escaped unhurt.
The root added that the motortruck was conveying goods and passengers unneurotic erstwhile the mishap happened.
He added that the conveyance fell and trapped astir of the victims.
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