Eighteen
passengers, on Monday, died in an accident at Okada town, on the
Benin-Lagos-Ore expressway,.Those dead in the Edo auto crash included two children, 15 adults and a motor-boy of a heavy duty truck.
The accident caused heavy gridlock on the expressway, as it happened on a one-way lane while construction work was ongoing on the other lane.
The accident involved a heavy Mark truck loaded with gravel and a commercial Toyota bus belonging to Peace Mass Transit Company Limited.
Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Kenneth Nwaegbe, confirmed the accident in a chat, but said many children who survived the accident had been taken to the hospital for treatment.
Nwaegbe said: “It was not really a head-on-collision like that. What happened was that the Mack truck was carrying gravel and was coming from Ore to Benin when it lost one of its tyres and control. And the Toyota bus was coming from Benin to Lagos when the two collided.”
Rescue operations were carried out by FRSC operatives from the toll gate unit command, policemen from Okada town police station and some sympathisers.
Coordinator of Save Accident Victims of Nigeria, Dr Eddy Ehikhamenor, said all the victims were burnt beyond recognition.
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Lord ve mercy.May their peaceful soul Rest in Peace.Amen
ReplyDeleteAmen ooooooo.accident is not my portion in jesus name
ReplyDeleteAmen ooooooo.accident is not my portion in jesus name
ReplyDeleteLORD have mercy on us. May their souls RIPP.
ReplyDeleteChai its a pity, dis ppl left dia respective families without knwing dt its gonna be dia last time wit them, may dia souls rest in peace,Amen. We dat ar alive we hv to thank God for his protection cos we ar nt beta dan dos dead nd may we make our ways straight.
ReplyDeleteDis continues to show d insensitivity of our govt dat road should b d busiest road in d country n it has been negelected 4 so long n d so called repairs seems to b going on 4 eternity, won't say much in a country of of 160 million people n we r still maintaining 5ual carriage laned
ReplyDeleteIn a country of over 160 millions we r stiil maintaing a road dat is supposed to b 8 lanes judging by d volume of traffic GOD is watching u all
ReplyDeletegood country with foolish leaders,very soon all our leaders also will lost their lives neither in motor accident or plane crash.AMEN
ReplyDeleteWhy is ckn showing us picture of their manager smiling,instead of crying!!! May their gentle soul rest in perfect peace
ReplyDeleteI wonder oo...it's real disaster' may their souls rest in perfect peace & may God sufficiently console their families.
ReplyDeleteMay their soul R.I.P...amen (chijioke R.I.P)
ReplyDeleteMay their souls R.I.P....
ReplyDeleteMay their soul rest in peace. And may God comfort their respective family. And alway drivers should be careful when driving. Am nt saying is the driver fault in this case, but most time is their fault. And also some passagers are devil incarnate who abuse the driver for nt driving speed. And over speed can lead to many things and it reduce the ability of the driver to control the car or bus in case of accident.
ReplyDeleteSleep in Da Lord
ReplyDeleteRest in peace!!!
ReplyDeletemay the souls of the accident victims rest in peace but my question is why peace mass transit normally goes with fire this remind me of Umunya 2009 it also goes with fire while non of the passengers comes out?
ReplyDeleteMay there genttle soul rest in perfect peace, Amen.
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