One person was killed and eight people were injured in an accident at Ukpo Junction on the Onitsha-Nteje-Awka Expressway.Information Guide Nigeria

A commercial Toyota/Hiace bus with registration number JRV 616 XA collided with another commercial Toyota/Hiace bus with registration number JJJ 179 XS late on Wednesday.

The vehicles carried 14 people, including four male adults and six female adults, as well as a male child and three female children. Five people were unharmed.

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According to an eyewitness, one of the tyres on the bus with the registration number JRV 616 XA pulled while in motion, causing a collision with the approaching bus.

Margaret Onabe, the Acting Sector Public Education Officer for the Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the accident in a statement on behalf of the Anambra State Sector Commander, Adeoye Irelewuyi.NYSC portal

According to Onabe, the crash victims were transported to Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital in Amaku, Awka, where the doctor confirmed one person was dead on arrival before transferring him to the mortuary.JAMB portal

Others were receiving treatment after receiving first aid from the nurse sent to the FRSC support location in Nteje, she said.JAMB Result

“The Sector Commander Anambra State, Corps Commander Adeoye Irelewuyi, commiserated with the family of the dead victim, and sent his prayers to the injured persons.

“He warned motorists to desist from excessive speed and wrongful overtaken, especially this festive period that the road is very busy. Drive to save lives on our roads,” she added.