The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed the death of five persons in a ghastly motor accident on the Okene-Lokoja Road in Kogi state.

Head of Operations, FRSC Kogi state sector command, Suleiman Mohammed, who confirmed the accident to newsmen, said four other persons sustained injuries.

He said the accident occurred on Monday at a spot in Osara village in Adavi Local Government area around 4 p.m.

The Monday’s accident occurred barely two weeks after 13 persons lost their lives on the same road from head on collision between a petrol tanker and a commercial bus.

Mohammed explained that Monday’s accident which involved a truck and a bus occurred due to over speeding on the art of the drivers of the two vehicles.

According to him, the truck hit the bus from behind and knocked it off the road into the bush.

He noted that the victims were market women going to Okene from Lokoja where they had gone to buy foodstuffs.

The FRSC official said the driver of the bus, who was identified by the villagers as Egbunu, survived the crash, adding that the remains of the deceased and passengers who sustained injuries have been taken to the state Specialist Hospital in Lokoja.