By Perez Brisibe

UGHELLI—EXACTLY a  week after a female passenger lost her life at the Ughelli axis of the East-West Road, a mother has lost two of her teenage children in another motor accident.

The incident, it was gathered, occurred a few kilometres from Ekuigbo Junction at about 11a.m., Saturday.

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ughelli Unit Command, Chinyere Ngwu, disclosed that the accident was as a result of a burst tyre of a Volkswagen car with number plates UGH 739 MZ.

According to her, there were eight occupants in the car. The two siblings, a male and female, whose mother was also a passenger in the vehicle, died in the accident.

Ngwu hinted further that the remains of the victims had been deposited at the morgue of Ughelli Central Hospital, while the wounded were also rushed by men of FRSC to the same hospital.