June 29, (THEWILL) – At least eleven persons have been confirmed dead and eight others injured on Thursday, in a fatal accident involving a Toyota Hiace 18-seater bus and a truck belonging to Dangote.
The incident occured around 11am along the Edo state section of the Benin-Lagos expressway.
The Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Paul Okpe, who confirmed the accident, said, “We had a crash on the bridge at Ovia River this morning. A truck ran into a Toyota Hummer Bus and the casualty is 11 persons lost their lives, very unfortunate and eight persons injured.
“Both the dead and the injured were moved to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), by our ambulances and three vehicles were involved. The truck ran into the hummer, but before hitting the hummer bus, it narrowly missed a small Kia vehicle. The three vehicles are in the police station not far from our office at the Toll Gate.
“For the possible cause, we are leaving that to our Accident Investigations to establish, but it was the truck that ran into the vehicles and the casualties were in the bus.”
