No fewer than 15 persons have been reportedly killed in an auto
crash at Ewu hill along the Benin-Auchi Road when a truck crashed into
an 18-seater Toyota Hiace passenger bus.The accident was said to have
occurred when the truck, loaded with a consignment of beer, reportedly
had break failure and rammed into the commercial bus with Registration
Number LFA 137 XB.
Only three passengers were said to have survived the crash.
According to an eyewitness, the truck and the bus were heading in the
same direction and were descending the hill towards Auchi when the
accident occurred.
The eyewitness said it took the combined efforts of the men of the
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the police and the Nigerian Security
and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to evacuate the survivors and the dead
bodies from the mangled bus.
The incident was said to have caused a gridlock for several hours, as
it took the security agents several hours to control the long queue of
vehicles on both sides of the busy expressway.
Meanwhile, sympathisers at the scene have appealed to the relevant
authorities to find lasting solution to frequent auto crashes on Ewu
hill, saying several lives have been lost since the construction of the
road in 1973.
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