News reaching #voiceofcalabar..... Several people lost their life in an accident which occur along Awi axis of Calabar - Ikom highway involving a toyota picnic bus and a Toyota Hiace bus around the Akamkpa forest, 33 kilometres from Calabar.
#Voiceofcalabar interviewed an eye witness (miss janet) who said she happen to be traveling at that same time and was just 3 bus away from the accident.. She said that the accident involve a Sienna and a Toyota Hiace Bus and that 12 people died on the spot, the accident was very bad and bloody as so many injured people were seen laying on the ground and some still trapped in the bus dead and some screaming for help. She said she can't give the actual amount of. people that lost there life because she didn't wait to see because the scene was horrific....
But according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),Cross Rivers State SectorCommander (Hygenius Nwachukwu), stated that the bus which was burnt beyond recognition, was heading towards Ikom from Calabar and was on the verge of overtaking a truck when it collided with the ash colored Toyota Picnic.
Additional details from the Command indicated that on arrival at the scene of the crash, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) rescue team recovered six dead
persons who were badly burnt, including the driver of the Toyota Hiace bus.
The dead victims were taken to Akamkpa general hospital morgue. Nwachukwu said some of the dead victims have been
identified by their relatives as Okpan Okpan Eko, Marvellous Azekpo, Ikoh Ogbu Onugu and Emenike Maduka. Two other victims are yet to be identified. Nwachuku said the Safety Engineering Unit of the Sector Command had commenced investigations into the crash to ascertain causes and make recommendations on preventive measures.
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