Many have been killed while others injured after two
trailers, reportedly collided and rammed three commercial vehicles
between them, killing almost everyone on board on the Auchi/Benin road.
Axes were reportedly used to cut open the trapped buses
in a bid to save lives.
The
drivers of the two trucks reportedly fled the scene of the accident.
The accident reportedly happened around 9am
this morning, effectively halting traffic on the busy highway for over five
hours and still counting.
According to eyewitnesses, both trailers
were trying to negotiate a steep bend from opposite directions but lost control
and jammed the commercial vehicles in between crushing almost all the
passengers to instant death.
Aside from the cranes of a private construction company
helping in the rescue, it is said that relevant departments and agencies of
government like the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have made no impactful
showing at the scene.
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