One killed, others wounded in Easter auto tragedy

By Austin Ogwuda, Asaba

TRAGEDY occurred along Benin-Asaba highway, Sunday, when a  trailer ran into a stationary passengers’ bus as a result of  an alleged break failure, killing one of the passengers instantly while several others were wounded. The accident occurred near Issele-Azagba junction on the Benin-Asaba highway.

The passengers in the commercial bus with registration number DELTA 228 ASB were trapped for several hours before other motorists including men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) came to their  rescue .

Eyewitness told our reporter that the driver of the commercial bus had parked the bus by the side of the road as a result of overheating of the vehicle and was pouring water into the radiator when the accident occurred.

According to one of the passengers “our driver parked the vehicle by the side of the road and some of us came out to urinate while others were still inside the bus when a trailer fell on top of it”.