Seven persons have perished in a motor accident along the ever busy Minna-Suleja highway in Niger state.

Although the cause of the accident was not immediately known, eye witness however said it was not unconnected with over speeding inside a heavy down pour in the morning. 

According to one of the villagers who were at the scene of the accident to assist the men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) evacuate both dead and the injured, the two vehicles were damaged beyond repairs.

Meanwhile the bodies of those who died in the accident have been deposited at the sabon wuse General hospital.