MULTIPLE AUTO CRASH CLAIMS 9 LIVES IN EBONYI
REPORTER: AMECHI ODO
Nine passengers have been killed in a multiple road crash that occurred at Idodo Junction of Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway.
The Sector Commander Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ebonyi State, Mrs. Uche Chukwura, in a statement, explained that the crash involved a Toyota Sienna, a Commercial Bus and a Truck.
“The vehicles included a gold-coloured Toyota Sienna car, a white-coloured private owned bus, a green-coloured commercial bus and an articulated vehicle,” the statement read.
The statement attributed the accident to wrong overtaking, emphasising that seven passengers died instantly and were deposited in a mortuary at Idodo while two others who were rushed to Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki could not make it.
She noted that four other passengers, who survived the accident, were said to be receiving treatment at different two hospitals in the state.
“The dead had been deposited at the Chidex mortuary, Idodo, and that of the AE-FETHA.
“The injured are currently receiving treatment at the Ezillo hospital and AE-FETHA,” the statement indicated.
The statement commiserated with the families of the deceased and prayed for the quick recovery of those hospitalised.
It, however, advised motorists to obey traffic regulations to prevent carnages on the road, especially in these ember months.
EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU
