The Federal Road Safety Commission on sunday confirmed the death of 14 passengers in a road accident that occurred at Amasiri secondary school along Afikpo-Okigwe road in Ebony I state.
The Afikpo unit of Federal Road Safety Commission, mr Roland Ogbuke said the accident involved a truck and a 14 sweater bus. He said the bus was conveying members of Assemblies of God church who were returning from Isu in Ohaozara local government for a funeral event.
We received a distress call on Saturday and immediately mobilize my rescue officers to the scene of the incident.
"We are not sure of the cause of the accident but a witness told us that the vehicle was trying to dodge a heap of sand on the road and ended up hitting the oncoming vehicle.
"The impact of the hit threw the bus to a tree some metres away from the road and squeezed it into a zero shape that mingled bodies of the occupants.
"We had to mobilize a nearby quarry company which used it's heavy duty machine to cut the tree and the bus in order to evacuate the mingled bodies of the passengers", he said.
"The police assisted members of FRSC in moving the bodies to Mater Misericordia hospital Afikpo", he said.
So sad.May their souls rest in peace.
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