A ghastly auto crash which occurred along Asaba- Benin Expressway around Issele Azagba/Akwukwu Igbo on Tuesday night, has claimed the life a driver, his conductor, a four – year old boy, and five others.
Four others who survived the accident are currently admitted at the Federal Medical Centre,( FMC), Asaba, Delta state.
It was gathered that the fatal accident occurred when the driver of a truck loaded with creates of Hero beer crashed into an 18- seater bus.
An eyewitness, identified as Miracle said that the truck driver, one Mohammad Kurah, was on top speed when he could not control his speed, rather veered out of his way to collide with another vehicle before crashing into the 18-Seater bus from behind, leaving it to summersault several times before it caught fire.
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission ( FRSC) Delta state, Mr Ocheja Ameh, confirmed the accident.
He added that the accident occurred a few meters away from the Issele Azagba military checkpoint, and claimed only two lives.
He said,
“I was the scene of the incident, two lives were lost; one male adult and a small boy, but the injured once have been taken to FMC, so far, they are responding to treatment, it is unfortunate incident that involved truck and other two vehicles”
But one of the passengers who was seriously injured and was rushed to Mother and Child Hospital in Ubulu Okoti, Chinoye Mbaram said that the driver of the truck seemed drunk by the way he drove into their bus unexpectedly, adding that she survived on the mercy of God Almighty.
