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From Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that 18 people died in two road accidents that occurred in Ebonyi and Cross Rivers states, yesterday.
No fewer than 12 people met their sudden death in an auto crash which occurred along the Nkalagu axis of Abakaliki-Enugu expressway, yesterday, at about 11am.
The Sector Commander, FRSC, Ebonyi command, Uche Chukwurah, who confirmed the incident to journalists in Abakaliki, yesterday, said: “The accident involved a shuttle bus and a truck; 14 passengers were involved, 12 died: 10 females and two males. The two injured are receiving treatment at AE-FUTHA.”
Also, six people lost their lives in another accident involving a truck and a Sienna vehicle, along the Calabar-Ogoja highway in Cross River, yesterday.
The Sector Commander of the FRSC in the state, Abdullahi Hassan, who confirmed the accident in Calabar, yesterday, said one person was also injured.
“We have eight male adults and one female adult in the vehicles. One male adult sustained injury, while those who died were six, consisting of five males and one female. The registration number of the Siena vehicle is AFM 810 NK, while the truck has no number. The probable cause of the crash is wrongful overtaking and speeding. Both the injured and those who died have been taken to the General Hospital in Ogoja by officers of the FRSC,” he said.
Hassan advised motorists to desist from wrongful overtaking and speeding on highways.
