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No fewer than 11 persons lost their lives, while seven others sustained injuries in an auto-crash that occurred at Okhuahe community, along the Benin–Agbor Road, Edo State .
The accident, which reportedly occurred on Saturday, involved an 18-seater commercial bus travelling towards Lagos and a truck.
Witnesses said the crash occurred when the bus driver attempted to overtake another vehicle and collided head-on with an oncoming truck.
Confirming the incident, Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC),Cyril Mathew said 11 victims died instantly at the scene.
“The crash involved a truck and an 18-seater bus.
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“The bus attempted to overtake another vehicle and in the process had a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle,” Mathew said.”
The FRSC boss added that seven other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“The corpses were evacuated to the morgue, while the injured victims were rushed to nearby hospitals for medical treatment,” the sector commander said.
Mathew cautioned motorists against dangerous driving habits, particularly wrongful overtaking, stressing that such actions continued to claim innocent lives on the nation’s highways.
