Abuja – No fewer than 13 passengers died in a motor accident on the
Benin-Ore road, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) confirmed on
Sunday.
In a statement issued by Mr Bisi Kazeem, Deputy Corps Public
Education Officer, the commission stated that the accident happened at
kilometre 53, before Ohosun town, zone 5.12 toll gate unit command in
Edo State at 7.45 a.m on Sunday.
Kazeem said the accident, which involved two vehicles, was caused by
the driver of the Anambra Mass Transit Toyota Hiace bus, with
registration number YB 610 EPE (Lagos), who for no reason drove against
traffic on the Benin-Ore lane.
The driver faced an oncoming Iveco truck descending a slope, resulting in head-on collision.
The bus was coming from Lagos carrying traders dealing in electronics
and 13 out of the passengers in the bus died, while three people
survived including the truck driver.
The victims, according to FRSC, have been taken to Shiloh Hospital,
Ugbogui in Edo for treatment while corpses were deposited at the
mortuary of the same hospital.
The Commission said the obstruction caused as a result of the accident had been promptly cleared.
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