18 Passengers Die In Peace Mass Transit Bus Accident

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.


CKN NEWS

Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

17 Comments

  1. Lord ve mercy.May their peaceful soul Rest in Peace.Amen

    ReplyDelete
  2. Amen ooooooo.accident is not my portion in jesus name

    ReplyDelete
  3. Amen ooooooo.accident is not my portion in jesus name

    ReplyDelete
  4. LORD have mercy on us. May their souls RIPP.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Chai 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.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Dis 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

    ReplyDelete
  7. In 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

    ReplyDelete
  8. good country with foolish leaders,very soon all our leaders also will lost their lives neither in motor accident or plane crash.AMEN

    ReplyDelete
  9. Why is ckn showing us picture of their manager smiling,instead of crying!!! May their gentle soul rest in perfect peace

    ReplyDelete
  10. I wonder oo...it's real disaster' may their souls rest in perfect peace & may God sufficiently console their families.

    ReplyDelete
  11. May their soul R.I.P...amen (chijioke R.I.P)

    ReplyDelete
  12. May their souls R.I.P....

    ReplyDelete
  13. May 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.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Sleep in Da Lord

    ReplyDelete
  15. Rest in peace!!!

    ReplyDelete
  16. may 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?

    ReplyDelete
  17. Nnadi emeka31/10/13 6:23 pm

    May there genttle soul rest in perfect peace, Amen.

    ReplyDelete
Previous Post Next Post

نموذج الاتصال