Thursday, December 29, 2022
Scene of the incident
A bus driver has died from an accident alongside the Onitsha – Nteje – Awka Expressway on Wednesday.
This was disclosed by the Federal Highway Security Corps (FRSC) in Anambra.
FRSC Sector Commander, Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident, in Awka, mentioned that the accident may very well be attributed to street obstruction and velocity violation.
He mentioned that the crash concerned unidentified drivers of two business Toyota Hiace buses with Registration Numbers JRV616XA and JJJ179XS, respectively.
“In keeping with eyewitnesses, one of many tires of the bus with registration quantity JRV616XA pulled off whereas in movement which resulted in a collision with the opposite oncoming bus.
“A complete of 14 individuals – 4 male adults, six feminine adults, one male baby and three feminine youngsters had been concerned within the crash.
“FRSC rescue workforce took the victims to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu College Instructing Hospital, Amaku in Awka, the place the motive force of the bus which the tyre pulled off, was confirmed useless and his corpse deposited on the hospital morgue.
“Different eight individuals comprising three male adults, three feminine adults and two feminine youngsters sustained various levels of damage and got first assist therapy by the nurse detailed at FRSC assist space in Nteje,” he mentioned.
The Sector Commander mentioned that obstruction attributable to the accident had been cleared and the automobiles had been towed to the Police station.
Whereas condoling with the household of the useless sufferer, Mr Irelewuyi urged motorists to desist from extreme dashing and wrongful overtaking particularly throughout the festive interval the place the roads had been busy.
“Drive to avoid wasting lives on our roads,” he mentioned.
(NAN)
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