Six students of Federal University Lokoja’s have been found dead following a collision with their shuttle bus on Monday.
One witness stated that the event happened on Monday at around 2:30 p.m.
According to report, the tragedy claimed the lives of six students, including the FUL shuttle bus driver.

The articulated lorry was transporting timber and hundreds of jerrycans of palm oil to Abuja. Unfortunately, the driver lost control and collided with the FUL shuttle bus which was already full of children and on its way to school.
The articulated truck smashed the FUL shuttle bus, stranding vehicles and passengers on the roadway.
Officers from the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were on site to help rescue some of the victims who were trapped beneath the articulated truck.

However, authorities from the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were present to rescue those victims who were trapped under the articulated truck.

The State Sector Commandant of the FRSC, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, who led his team to the scene of the accident stated that he couldn’t offer the exact number of those that died.

He however revealed that those injured had been sent to the Federal Teaching Hospital Lokoja and the Kogi State Specialist Hospital, both in Lokoja, for further treatment, while the dead had been placed in the institutions’ mortuaries for identification.