On thursday, no fewer than 21 persons lost their lives in an auto crash on the old Enugu – Okigwe road the Federal Road Safety Corps reported.
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The accident involved a bus conveying school kids and their teachers returning home and a low-bed articulated vehicle at the Nkwo Junction of the road at about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 28 October, 2020.
Mr Ogbonnaya Kalu, the FRSC sector Command confirmed the accident and the number of deaths to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu.
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Kalu said that the FRSC Unit in Awgu had been to the scene of the accident and hospitals where the victims were receiving medical attention.
According to him, the fully-loaded school bus had 64 occupants, which included 61 students/pupils, two teachers and the driver.
“The low-bed trailer, which eyewitnesses alleged suffered a break system failure, rammed into the School bus first and into a welder’s shop, where the welder and his apprentice were working,’’ he said.
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