An early morning accident has claimed the lives of 15 youths who were jogging in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. The accident occurred at about 6:30am when a Peugeot station wagon ran into the group of youths.
Mr. Tigana Yakal who witnessed the unfortunate incident said the youths killed in accident were among the group of 40 youths from Tudun Mazat/Rop district of Barkin Ladi LGA who took part in the morning exercise.
He explained that the youths of the community usually jog by the road side every Saturday morning between 5:30am and 6:30am as a form of exercise and had been doing so for a vey long time.
However, the routine Saturday morning exercise yesterday turned fatal, leading to the untimely death of the youths.
Tigana said the vehicle was loaded with bags of corn and heading to Jos. A woman suspected to be the owner of the goods and the driver of the vehicle who were not injured in the accident fled into the bush and escaped immediately they saw what happened.
Fourteen of the victims were said to have died instantly while another one died at the Barkin Ladi general hospital, where the other youths who sustained injuries were also taken for treatment.
After evacuating the bodies, angry youths from Barkin Ladi blocked the highway and immediately set the vehicle on fire.
On learning about the incident, the Plateau State Commissioner of Health, Dr Pam Dakwak directed that the injured victims should be moved from the Barkin Ladi hospital to the Plateau State Specialist Hospital in Jos for better medical attention even as he ordered that the bodies of dead youths be deposited the mortuary of the specialist hospital. .
A government source hinted that the dead victims may be given mass burial since they hailed from the same area.
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