The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of two persons in a road crash on the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. Ten others were injured in the crash.

On Monday, the sector commander, Ngozi Ezeoma, in Umuahia, said the crash occurred at the Ntigha junction axis of the expressway on Sunday at 5:02 p.m.

Ms Ezeoma said the bus belonged to the Church of Christ. According to her, one of the uninjured victims said they were coming from a crusade in Enugu.

Ms Ezeoma said the command was informed of the crash at approximately 5:07 p.m. while the response team arrived at the scene within five minutes.

She said a preliminary investigation suggested that the accident might have occurred due to a burst tyre.

Ms Ezeoma said that FRSC crash investigation experts would further analyse the crash to identify likely contributory factors.

She said the accident was a lone crash involving a green-coloured Toyota Hiace bus conveying 16 passengers, consisting of 15 male adults and one female adult from Enugu.

She said of the 16 occupants of the bus, 10 were injured (one female adult and nine male adults).

”One of the accident victims died on the spot, while the other person was rushed to Central Medical Centre, Mbawsi, by FRSC officials, where he later passed away. This made the death toll to be two male adults, while the other accident victims were taken to FMC,” she said.

The sector commander urged drivers to regularly check their tyres to ensure they were neither expired, worn-out, over-inflated, or under-inflated.

She sympathised with the injured victims and commiserated with the families of the deceased.

Ms Ezeoma restated the command’s determination to ensure road safety and continually sensitise road users to comply with road safety rules and regulations. 

(NAN)