Tragedy struck on Friday at Luga, a suburb along the Gboko–Aliade road in Benue State, when a Dangote truck ran over a Bajaj motorcycle, killing its three occupants.
The victims, identified as Orgem Ugondo and Aondozungwe Ugondo, both brothers from Mbatan kindred in Mbayion, Gboko Local Government Area, and an unidentified lady passenger, all died on the spot.
Eyewitnesses at the place said two Dangote trucks were speeding side by side on the narrow road when one, unable to avoid the motorbike for lack of space, hit it from behind.
The corpses were later evacuated to a mortuary at Agidi, another nearby suburb. The two trucks involved were impounded and taken to the Gboko Police Station.
The chairman of the Gboko branch of Dantrans, the transport arm of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Adamu Alfa, confirmed the accident.
He described the incident as “sad,” but clarified that the trucks were from the Ibese Cement Plant in Ogun State and not from the Gboko plant.
Alfa noted that the company has been holding weekly sensitisation and orientation sessions for its drivers on safety and road conduct.
While the brothers have been identified, the female passenger, said to have been given a lift by them on their way home, was yet to be identified at the time of filing this report.
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