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No fewer than 13 people died on Sunday after a commercial bus en route from Enugu State had a head-on collision with a trailer at Ofeme Junction on Umuahia Road, Abia State.
Two other passengers in the 18-seater bus belonging to Peace Mass Transit Limited with registration, AKL895YY, reportedly sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident that happened around 11am.
The trailer en route to Enugu State from Port Harcourt, River State, was said to be on top speed and lost control, veering into the path of the bus, which was a few kilometres away from its destination – Umuahia.
It was gathered that the trailer driver fled the scene immediately after the crash.
The Sector Commander, FRSC Abia State Command, Mrs. Stella Uche, confirmed that 13 persons died. She said the two injured victims had been rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, for treatment and urged motorists to install speed limiters into their vehicles to avert accidents and loss of lives.
She said, “The command received a distress call at 11.20am and its operatives moved to the scene of the accident at Ofeme Junction immediately. The accident was caused by excess speeding on the part of the Man Diesel (trailer) driver. It lost control and veered into the route of the bus. Out of the 16 persons in the bus, two injured while 13 persons – nine males, three females and a child – died. The injured were taken to the FMC, Umuahia and the corpses had been deposited in the mortuary.
“We have been orientating motorists on the dangers of excess speeding. There is need for motorists to calm down while driving. We have also identified loss of control as one of the causes of crashes. In the times of emergencies, one should not drive beyond 100 km per hour so that the vehicle can easily be controlled in case of any sudden complication. I want to urge motorists to buy into speed limiter initiative of the FRSC to forestall crashes.”
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