No fewer than eleven persons died while eight others sustained injuries in a ghastly road accident that occured on Thursday, in Edo State section of the Benin-Lagos expressway involving a Toyota Hiace 18 seater bus and a truck.
A source explained that the accident occurred around 11 am at the Ovia River, an area notorious for accidents, due to a failed section of the road and the bridge by the river.
He said that the truck heading towards Benin from Lagos, moving on top speed rammed into the bus that was said to have slowed down at the failed portion of the road after brushing the back side of a Kia-made vehicle killing 11 persons on the spot and injuring several others.s
The source said that, “Toyota Hiace bus going to the East en route Edo state slowed down at the bad portion of the Ovia river bridge but the truck that was on top speed rammed into the bus, killing the passengers ”
He stated further that, some of the bus passangers were coming from Lagos after attending a programme organized by a popular Lagos-based church.
The state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Paul Okpe confirmed the accident.
The FRSC sector commander said that, “We had a crash on the bridge at Ovia River this morning. A truck ran into a Toyota Hummer Bus and the casualty is 11 persons lost their lives, very unfortunate and eight persons injured.
“Both the dead and the injured were moved to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH by our ambulances and three vehicles were involved.
“The truck ran into the Hummer but before hitting the Hummer bus, it narrowly missed a small Kia vehicle. The three vehicles are in the police station not far from our office at the Toll Gate.
“For the possible cause, we are leaving that to our Accident Investigations to establish, but it was the truck that ran into the vehicles and the casualties were in the bus.”
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