An accident involving an 18 seater bus and a crane truck, on Tuesday, claimed the lives of about ten persons, including a woman and her two kids, at Hausa quarters junction, along Abakaliki-Afikpo road, in Ebonyi State.
The 18 seater bus belonging to Ezza South Local Government Area with registration number NKE 28LG rammed into the crane truck belonging to a Chinese company, with registration number DKA 17YF.
Speaking on the incident, an eyewitness, Mr Favour John lamented the constant accident at the junction.
He said, “The truck was trying to turn all the way from Spera in deo junction but the bus driver, instead of stopping like others who saw it decided to drive past but unfortunately he rammed into it, It is due to over-speeding that he rammed into the turning truck.”
John urged the state government to put up bumps at the junction so as to forestall further occurrence in the area.
It was gathered that officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, had last week warned the driver of the bus against over-speeding.
Those who who were at the scene for rescue operation had to use axe to break open the mangled bus in order to remove the bodies within.
However, a pregnant woman who was pulled out of the carnage was still breathing and was immediately rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki for medical attentio
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