Approaching the path of a highway accident which claimed the lives of 5 passengers and injured 4 others alongside Port Harcourt – Enugu Expressway on Sunday, one other crash has led to the loss of life of 11 individuals, whereas eight others had been injured on the identical route.
Abia State Sector Commander of the Federal Highway Security Corps (FRSC), Ngozi Ezeoma confirmed this on Thursday in an announcement sighted by LEADERSHIP in Umuahia, the state’s capital.
In line with the assertion, the accident concerned a Nissan Caravan industrial bus with registration no. SSM 320 ZR conveying 19 passengers to Enugu and a stationary HOWO truck registered with T2828LA.
“A mix rescue staff from FRSC RS 9.31 Aba and RS 9.32 km78 Aba Unit Instructions arrived on the scene of the crash inside 5 minutes of discover and performed rescue operations,” Ezeoma defined.
The assertion, which famous that each the injured and the victims had been taken to a hospital and a mortuary in Aba, mentioned preliminary investigations pointed at over dashing as the reason for the crash.
“Additional replace on the trigger(s) of the crash can be communicated to the general public as quickly because the investigation is concluded,” the FRSC Sector Commander mentioned.
