Eleven perish in Ebonyi bus accident

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Eleven perish in Ebonyi bus accident

No less than eleven persons were feared dead with three other sustaining several degrees of injuries during a lone fatal car accident involving Abia Line on Monday.

The incident which occured along the Ishiagu axis of the Okigwe – Afikpo highway of Ebonyi State, was attributed to a tyre burst.

Eyewitnesses said the vehicle was travelling from Umuahia in Abia State to Afikpo when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The vehicle later somerlsulted severally before bursting into flames.

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Loveth Odah, the Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, said the bus was conveying about fourteen passengers on board from Umuahia in Abia State to Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.

The Police PRO said that the driver of the bus lost control after one of its tyres busted, forcing it to skid off the road and somersaulted severally inside the bush and in the process caught fire.

The PPRO says the accident left the driver of the vehicle and 10 other passengers dead on the spot, while three others survived out of which two have been discharged from hospital.

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