Abuja, April 9, 2023 – All the 15 occupants of a Toyota bus were killed and burnt beyond recognition on Saturday when their bus had a head-on collision with a Mercedes truck along the Port Harcourt-Enugu Highway.
Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, the Spokesman of the FRSC, confirmed the accident in a statement in Abuja on Sunday in Abuja.
Kazeem said the accident occurred on Saturday at about 8.20 pm at the Enugu end of the highway.
“The victims have been given mass burial. All obstructions have been cleared. Enugu State Fire Service already extinguished the fire in the bus.
“The fatal crash is blameable on several factors including fatigue which must have made one of the drivers to sleep on the wheels,’’ he said.
Kazeem quoted Dauda Biu, the FRSC Corps Marshal, as advising motorists to desist from night journeys to reduce fatalities from road crashes.
He said Biu noted that most fleet operators and other vehicle owners including private vehicle owners addicted to night journeys, did so for selfish economic gains.
The FRSC boss observed that most night travellers indulged in overloading of vehicles with passengers and goods.
“Travellers should plan their journeys for the day time because when crashes occur away from FRSC rescue points, it is difficult to access help from other motorists at night,’’ Biu was quoted as saying. (GBN).
