The Police Command in Enugu have confirmed the
death of a family of seven in an autocrash which occurred at Ugwu-Onyeama on
the Enugu-Onitsha expressway on Sunday morning.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the
state, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday,
said it occurred at about 8 a.m. on the Enugu axis of the expressway.
Mr Amaraizu said the accident involved a Toyota
Camry with registration number CM960FKJ and a Toyota Hiace bus with
registration number ENU75YY, belonging to a mass transit company.
He said that the two vehicles that were on top
speed collided in one lane of the expressway.
According to him, seven passengers in the
Toyota car who are members of the same family and one other from the bus lost
their lives in the accident.
The police spokesperson said that their bodies
had been deposited in the mortuary of the Enugu State University of Teaching
Hopsital, (ESUTH), Parklane.
He said four others sustained injuries in the
crash and were receiving medical attention at the same hospital while
investigation into the incident had commenced.
-NAN
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