No fewer than nine candidates
going to sit for the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) examinations
today were feared dead in an
auto crash on the Aba-Port
Harcourt Expressway.
The Public Relations Officer of the
Abia State Police Command, Mr
Geoffrey Ogbonna, said seven
persons, including the driver
died instantly while two others
died later in hospital. The police
did not identify the victims.
The police image maker said
that the candidates were
travelling on a Hiace bus with
registration number Rivers XY
249 from Port Harcourt to Aba.
Ogbonna said that the driver of
the bus rammed into a truck
with with registration number
Lagos XC 109 SLK, parked off the
road.
He said that the accident
occurred at Obeaku-Ihie in the
Ugwunagbor Local Government
Area of Abia at about 10.40 a.m.
Ogbonna said that the dead had
been deposited at the mortuary
while six survivors of the
accident were in critical
condition and receiving medical
attention in a hospital Aba.
He said that the 15 seater-bus,
was conveying mainly people,
going to sit for the JAMB
examination, slated for 27 April.
According to him, the clue
comes from the items recovered
at the scene of the accident.
A witness, Mr Peter Okolo,
attributed the accident to over-
speeding and recklessness on
the part of the driver.
He said that the driver lost
control of the vehicle when he
wanted to overtake a vehicle in
front of him.
“When he saw an upcoming
vehicle while he was over-taking
the car in front of him, he veered
off the road and then rammed
into the truck parked off the
road,†Okolo said.
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