Five persons believed to be members of the same family yesterday died
in an auto crash that occurred at Ubulu-Okiti Junction, near Asaba, on
Benin-Onitsha Expressway. The victims were said to be travelling from
Ekiti State and heading towards Awka in Anambra State when the Toyota
Hilux vehicle they were travelling in lost one of its tyres.
An eyewitness said the vehicle skidded-off the road and somersaulted
several times, resulting in the death of five of the occupants, while
two survived. Among the survivors was an octogenarian believed to be the
matriarch of the family. The other survivor, said to be one of the
daughters of the deceased couple, was receiving treatment at the Federal
Medical Centre, (FMC), Asaba as at the time of this report. But the
husband who was said to be driving the vehicle, his pregnant wife, two
of their children (male and female) and a steward perished in the
unfortunate incident.
The bodies of the dead victims were evacuated by officials of Federal
Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and deposited at the FMC in Asaba.
Culled from:Sun
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