7 DIE IN AUTO CRASH ON AFIKPO-OKIGWE HIGHWAY IN EBONYI
REPORTER: AMECHI ODO
Seven passengers have died in an accident that occured at Amasiri axis of the Afikpo-Okigwe Highway in Ebonyi State.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ebonyi State Command, Mr. Anthony Okorie, told Radio Nigeria that the accident involved a sienna bus and a truck laden with stones.
According to Mr. Okorie, the vehicles had a head on collusion when the truck driver impatiently swerved to the lane of the sienna bus on approaching Amasiri Junction.
The Sector Commander stated that the drivers of the two vehicles survived the accident while corpses of those who died had been deposited in mortuaries.
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