Sophia Michaels
One person has been reported dead while several others sustained varying injuries on Tuesday, in a tragic road accident that occurred along the Owerri-Ihiala Expressway by the Ihiala Local Government Area secretariat.
It was gathered that the accident occurred at about noon and it involved two vehicles belonging to God is Good Logistics and a driver of a Nissan Caravan commercial bus.
According to eyewitness accounts, the driver of the Ford vehicle was at speed while one of its front tyres pulled off and he lost control and finally crashed into the back of the Nissan that was in its front.
The source said 11 people comprising seven male adults and four female adults were involved in the crash, while one male adult was killed, four male adults and four female adults were injured and two people were rescued unhurt.
The acting Sector Public Education Officer of the state Federal Road Safety Corps, Margaret Onabe, while confirming the accident, said the probable cause of the fatal crash was speed and loss of control.
Onabe said, “A commercial driver identified as Francis Basil with a black Ford E-250 bus with registration number No: JJJ842YG belonging to God is Good Logistics, and a driver of a custom Nissan Caravan commercial bus identified as Orjiwuru Augustine with registration number: TTK518XA was involved in a fatal road traffic crash two poles before Ihiala LGA Secretariat by Owerri-Ihiala Expressway today March 5, 2024, at about 12:00hrs”.
