Tragedy! Passengers Perish While Returning From Marriage Ceremony
Tragedy has struck Abia state on Wednesday as passengers returning from a traditional wedding lost their lives in a ghastly accident.
Sources said the auto crash happened around Osisioma Ngwa before Umekai junction, at about 8:30 pm.
A survivor Ijeoma Umoabia narrated that they were returning to Umuahia from Obehi area where the traditional marriage took place.
Two buses involved in the crash, a Coaster bus and a minibus were said to be conveying about 38 passengers when the incident happened.
It was gathered that all the passengers in the minibus died while 1 died from the Coaster bus, 2 in a coma, and about 25 critically injured.
A lady was said to have had her head cut off from her body.
Though the survivor could not narrate the cause of the accident, she said the only thing she could remember was that people in the vehicle were shouting Jesus while the vehicles somersaulted several times.
She also recounted how soldiers in the area came to their rescue.
Recall also an earlier report of a man who tried to save his life by jumping out of a speeding bus after their car got involved in a fatal road accident has died.
According to reports, the middle-aged man reportedly lost his life while others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a fatal motor accident along Awka- Onitsha high way, Onitsha, Anambra state.
The accident which occurred around the New parts market, involved a Suzuki Shuttle bus and a Mercedes Benz truck.
It was gathered that the deceased had jumped off the bus following a tyre burst and was crushed by an oncoming truck.
Confirming the incident, Sector Commander, Corps Commander, Andrew Kumapayi said
