Tears as auto-crash claims 7 family members, 1 other in Enugu
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Enugu command, has confirmed the death of a family of seven in an autocrash which occurred at Ugwu-Onyeama on the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in the morning of Sunday, June 10.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, said it occurred at about 8 a.m on the Enugu axis of the expressway.
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Amaraizu, according to the report, said the accident involved a Toyota Camry with registration number CM960FKJ and a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number ENU75YY, belonging to a mass transit company.
He reportedly said that the two vehicles that were on top speed collided in one lane of the expressway.
He explained that seven passengers in the Toyota car who are members of the same family and one other from the bus lost their lives in the accident.
Amazu further said that their bodies had been deposited in the mortuary of the Enugu State University of Teaching Hopsital, (ESUTH), Parklane.
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He revealed that four others sustained injuries in the crash and were receiving medical attention at the same hospital while investigation into the incident had commenced.
Legit.ng earlier reported that CP Fatai Owoseni, the commissioner of police, Benue state command on Thursday, May 24 rescued 16 victims of a road accident which occurred along Gboko/Katsina-Ala road in Benue state.
The accident involved a Toyota Picnic with Reg. No MKD 952 SV and one Toyota Corolla car with Reg No AA 681 PKG, the police said in a statement made available to Legit.ng.
Owoseni who was on his routine confidence-building patrol along the route, ran into the scene where all the passengers in the affected vehicles were seriously injured;and were all rescued to the nearby St Christopher Catholic clinic, Wannune in Tarka LGA, and paid for their medical bills.
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