Posted on: 06:48 Fri, 25 Dec 2015



Five people lost their lives early yesterday
on the Onitsha-Enugu express way, as a
commuter bus heading towards Enugu
plunged into Oji River, near Anambra.

Sunday Ajayi, Sector Commander,
Federal Road Safety Commission
(FRSC), Anambra Command, who
confirmed the accident told NAN,
that the incident occurred about 1:25
a.m. on Thursday.

Ajayi said there were 15 passengers
in the vehicle, out of which 10 were
rescued and taken to hospital, while
five were killed in the incident.

He said the timely rescue operations
led by the personnel of the FRSC
minimised the number of casualties.

“The rescue at Oji River is still
going on, we have been able to
rescue 10 people alive and taken
them to hospital, five were
confirmed dead and the bus has
been recovered,” he said.

The commander said it was a ‘lone
accident’ and blamed it on
drowsiness of the driver, poor
visibility and other dangers
associated with night driving.

He urged people who wished to
travel to do so during the day time,
and set out on time for journey that
may stretch into the night.