Auto crash claims 5 lives on Benin-Asaba Road

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(Nigeria) No fewer than five persons lost their lives following a fatal accident that occurred at the New Lagos-Benin-Asaba Express Road in Emuhu, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State.

According to an eyewitness account, a tanker loaded with diesel had lost control and rammed into a fully loaded 14-seater bus before bursting into flames.

We learnt the vehicles were on high speed and going toward the same direction when the unfortunate incident occurred.

Our sources alleged that the bus and tanker were struggling to outrun each other whilst it was raining heavily. The tanker suddenly rammed into the bus from the side in the process tearing it apart, and burst into flames.

According to a source close to the Police in Agbor Divisional Headquarters, the 14-seater bus was coming from Onitsha heading to the Northern part of the country. The driver of the bus was among the four persons that lost their lives on the spot.

We were told that other passengers who sustained various degrees of injuries were rushed to the General Hospital in Umunede.

The incident which occurred in morning of yesterday, affected both sides of the major road resulting in heavy gridlock which lasted for several hours.

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