15 passengers perish in Enugu auto crash
No fewer than 15 passengers were killed and burnt beyond recognition on Saturday after a Toyota bus had a head-on collision with a Mercedes truck along the Port Harcourt-Enugu Highway, southeastern part of Nigeria.
The 15 passengers were occupants of the Toyota bus.
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In a statement issued on by the Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, who confirmed the accident on Sunday in Abuja, said it took place at the Enugu end of the highway at about 8:20pm.
“The victims have been given mass burial. All obstructions have been cleared. Enugu State Fire Service already extinguished the fire on the bus.
“The fatal crash is blameable on several factors including fatigue, which must have made one of the drivers sleep on the wheels,’’ he stated.
Kazeem quoted the FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu as advising motorists to desist from night journeys to reduce fatalities from road crashes.
He added that most transport operators and other vehicle owners, including private vehicle owners addicted to night journeys, did so for selfish economic gains, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The FRSC boss observed that most night travellers indulged in the overloading of vehicles with passengers and goods.
“Travellers should plan their journeys for the daytime because when crashes occur away from FRSC rescue points, it is difficult to access help from other motorists at night,’’ Kazeem also quoted Biu as saying.
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