Accident Claims Lives Of 7 Family Members

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A road accident has claimed the lives of eight persons, seven of which are of the same family on Sunday, the police reports.

According to Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, the Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Nigerian Police, Enugu State Command, the accident which happened at about 8:00 am, occurred at Ugwuonyeama on the Enugu-Onitsha road on Sunday morning.

He said that a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number ENU75YY, belonging to a mass transit company, collided a Toyota car with registration number CM960FKJ.

The PPRO said that seven passengers in the Toyota car, members of the same family, died in the incident.

Amaraizu revealed that the body of the deseased have been deposited in the mortuary of the Enugu State University of Teaching Hopsital – ESUT, at Parklane, the same hospital where the other four injured people have been receiving treatment.

Naija News understands that the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) through the Enugu State Sector Commander, Mr. Yusuf Garba, confirmed the killing of five people in a road accident in Lambata Kwakuti Road in Gurara local government area of Niger state.

According to him, the accident is caused by over speeding and dangerous overtaking.

Garba advised motorists to always obey speed limits as prescribed by the law and also install speed limiting devices in their vehicles to checkmate the temptation of over-speeding.

He also admonished road users to adhere to traffic rules and regulations to avoid unnecessary road crashes.

” We have since embarked on a 24-hour patrol on all the federal highways to ensure safety of road users by enforcing traffic rules and regulations”, he said. (NAN)