At least 14 people have been killed while six others injured in a road accident which occurred along the Lapai-Agaie-Bida Federal Highway.

It was gathered that the horrible incident which happened on Saturday, involved a Toyota Hiace bus travelling from Minna to Agaie and a DAF tanker heading from Lagos to Kaduna.

This was contained in a statement by Spokesman for Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kumar Tsukwam.

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Tsukwam attributed the crash to excessive speeding and wrongful overtaking.

He said: “The impact was fatal, resulting in the immediate deaths of 14 passengers, including five females, one male child, and eight males.

“Six male passengers sustained serious injuries and were rushed to the General Hospital in Lapai for emergency medical care.

“The injured were evacuated to the hospital while the bodies of the deceased were deposited at the morgue.”