A multiple auto-crash, involving a truck
and four other vehicles may have left five persons dead along the
Benin-Asaba-Onitsha Expressway.
The accident, which occurred at
about 11pm, adjacent the Oshimili South
Local Government Headquarters, along the ever busy expressway yesterday, forced
men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Vehicle Inspection Officers
(VIO) in the state and other sister agencies, into an unscheduled duty.
One of the ill-fated cars was an
ambulance, conveying a corpse from an undisclosed destination to one of the
Eastern states.
The truck did not only mangle the ambulance
and smashed the Audi Wagon that stood on its way, but dismembered the corpse
that was on transit.
Five victims of the accident were
immediately rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, for
resuscitation, even as the survivors recounted their ordeal.
An eyewitness, Oluchukwu, recounted
how the Audi car, which was about to negotiate a dangerous U-turn before the
truck speedily crushed it.
“The truck was on top speed and too
close to the back of the Audi car. Immediately it ran into Audi, other vehicles
behind them, including the ambulance, lost control and followed suit in
succession,” Oluchukwu said.
The witness lamented that the corpse
in the ambulance suffered a second death.
The FRSC officials at hand declined
comment on the occurrence.
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