Five feared dead, 12 injured in Ebonyi road crash

A roadworthy mishap has killed 5 radical and injured 12 others on the Nkalagu axis of the Enugu–Abakaliki Federal Highway successful Ebonyi State.

The Ebonyi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Daniel Asanya, confirmed the incidental and described it arsenic a lone clang involving a commercialized bus.

Asanya stated that the mishap occurred astatine Edema Bridge successful Nkalagu, Ishielu Local Government Area, erstwhile a Toyota Hiace autobus travelling from Abakaliki to Enugu crashed.

According to him, the vehicle, bearing registration fig RSH 231 XE, was carrying 17 passengers, comprising 12 males, 4 females and 1 pistillate child.

The Sector Commander said 5 occupants mislaid their lives successful the crash, including 4 antheral passengers and a pistillate child, portion the remaining 12 passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries.

He attributed the mishap to excessive speed, disclosing that items recovered from the country included 3 mobile phones, idiosyncratic belongings contained successful 2 sack bags and a 4th container of rice.

He said the injured victims were taken to Annunciation Hospital, Emene, Enugu State, for aesculapian treatment, portion the deceased were deposited successful a morgue.

Asanya urged motorists to workout caution portion driving, peculiarly connected sections of the Enugu–Abakal...