along the Benin- Lagos expressway.The accident which
occurred around7: 30am near Okada, Ovia North East Local Government Area ofEdo State, claimed the lives of the traders heading for Onitsha,Anambra State from Lagos. Click on read
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Deputy Corps Education officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps
(FRSC), Bisi Kazeem who confirmed the incident through a
statement said three others who survived the accident and the
bodies were taken to Shiloh Hospital in Ugbogui, Ovia South West
Local Government Area. The accident according to the FRSC
official involved Toyota Hiace Bus with number plate YB610EPE
and an Iveco truck.Kazeem who attributed the accident to
violation of road traffic laws by the driver of the bus said it took
the combined efforts of his men (FRSC) policeman, villagers and
other road users to resume trapped passengers from the mangled
bus.
Kazeem said''The crash was caused by the driver of the Anambra
Mass Transit bus who for no reason at all drove against traffic
on the Benin-Ore lane, thereby facing an on-coming Iveco truck
descending a slope, resulting in head-on collision.''The bus was
coming from Lagos carrying traders dealing in electronics.
Thirteen out of the passengers in the bus died including the
driver.The two passengers in the truck survived.
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