Eleven persons died in a road accident along the Enugu – Port Harcourt Expressway.
The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Enugu State Command, Franklin Agbakoba, disclosed this in on Saturday after the accident that involved two vehicles..
Agbakoba said, “The accident happened at about 6:46 p.m on Saturday, at a location near the FRSC Ozalla Unit Command in the expressway.”
He said the 11 persons who lost their lives included 10 males and one female.
“A total of 36 persons, which included 27 males and nine female, got involved in the collision between a commercial Toyota Coaster Bus and an articulated Mercedes Benz trailer this evening in Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.
“Apart from those that unfortunately lost their lives due to the accident; seven persons, which included three males and four female, were injured in the accident.
“The injured victims have been taken to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla for medical attention.
“The dead victims were taken to the UNTH Morgue,” he said.
