- Safiu Kehinde
No fewer than four passengers have been confirmed dead with 12 others injured in a lone commercial bus crash at Nunya on the Abia end of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway on Thursday.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Abia, Mrs Ngozi Ezeoma, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia.
According to Ezeoma, the incident which occurred at about 2:10 p.m., involved a white Nissan Caravan bus.
She said that preliminary investigation revealed that the accident was caused by a tyre burst.
The FRSC commander explained that 17 male adults were involved in the accident, adding that four died, 12 sustained injuries, while one escaped without injury.
She further explained that a rescue team from the command took the victims to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia for treatment.
Doctors on duty confirmed two persons dead on arrival, while two others died, while receiving treatment.
Ezeoma said that the remains of the deceased persons had been deposited at the hospital’s morgue.
She said that operatives from the command promptly cleared the obstruction caused by the crash to ensure free flow of traffic.