Four dead in Edo auto crash

The Edo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Friday confirmed the death of four persons in a mid-day auto crash along Ikpoba Slope, Benin.
The Commander, Luka Ikpi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin that the accident involved a truck and an Audi 80 saloon car.
Ikpi said that the accident occurred when the truck, with registration number YKS 144 XA, and loaded with cement, collided with the car, marked BEN 512 AQ, as it tried to avoid a stationary tanker by the roadside.
Ikpi said: “The truck driver thought the tanker was on motion, not knowing it was stationary.
“And before he could realise it, he ran into the Audi 80 car.”
Ikpi said that six persons, including five adult males and a female, were affected, leaving four of them dead, while one person was rescued and taken to the hospital in critical condition.