Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - Eight people have d!ed and six others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road accident that occurred along the Nteje-Awka road, near the New Terminal, Ukpo Junction, in the Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The accident reportedly occurred at about 9 pm on Sunday,
April 27, when a Mack tanker without a registration number collided with a
Toyota Hiace bus, registered as EKP375XM.
The Sector Public Education Officer of the Federal Road
Safety Corps, Anambra Sector Command, Margaret Onabe, confirmed the incident in
a statement on Monday, April 28.
Onabe said that the rescue team from RS5.33 Nteje attended
to the injured victims, transporting them to the hospital for treatment, while
the de@d victims were taken to Jerusalem Mortuary Nteje after confirmation by a
doctor.
She attributed the cause of the crash to speeding.
She said, "The Federal Road Safety Corps Anambra Sector
Command regrets to announce a fatal crash that occurred on April 27, at
approximately 9 pm along the Nteje-Awka route, near the New Terminal close to
Ukpo Junction.
"According to eyewitness accounts and preliminary
investigations, a Mack tanker without a registration number collided with a
Toyota Hiace bus, registered as EKP375XM. The bus, which was travelling from
Abakaliki to Onitsha, was speeding and overtook dangerously before colliding
with the tanker, which was heading towards Awka on a single carriageway. The
crash resulted in eight fatalities—four males and four females—and injured six
others, comprising two males and four females.
"The FRSC Anambra Sector Command extends its
condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to
those injured. The Sector Commander, Corps Commander Joyce Nnennaya Alexander,
has urged drivers to prioritise their safety and that of others by maintaining
a safe speed and ensuring that the road is clear before overtaking to prevent
such tragic incidents.
"Drivers must ensure they drive at a minimum safe speed
and only overtake when the road is clear.
"The rescue team from RS5.33 Nteje attended to the injured victims,
transporting them to the hospital for treatment, while the deceased were taken
to Jerusalem Mortuary Nteje after confirmation by a doctor."
She said the sector commander visited the crash scene, inspected the crashed
vehicles at Nteje Police Station, and met with the NUPENG chief of the task
force.
"She also visited the surviving victims at Regina Caeli Hospital and
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital to assess their condition and
offer support.
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