Two vehicles collided on the Abuja-Kaduna highway on Saturday, resulting in at least three fatalities and six injuries.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the accident occurred when a Toyota Highlander with registration number KWL 198 KA was travelling from Kaduna to Abuja and collided with a Volkswagen Golf with registration number MKA 89 ZY coming from the opposite direction.
Both vehicles were severely damaged as a result of the collision, trapping several passengers inside.
Emergency response teams rushed the victims to the General Hospital in Sabon Wuse right away, but sadly, three of them were already dead when they got there.
The hospital treated the injured people, who were reported to be in critical condition.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the three corpses had been handed over to relatives of the deceased after they identified their corpses at the scene.
When contacted by newsmen, the Spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Bisi Kazeem, was yet to respond to inquiries on the accident.