By Perez Brisibe

UGHELLI— ONE person was, weekend, confirmed dead while 29 others sustained various degrees of injuries in two separate accidents at the Ughelli axis of the East-West Road.

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ughelli unit command, Chinyere Ngwu, stated that one of the accidents occurred a few kilometres from SETRACO Yard involving an 18-seater Toyota bus, with number plates XA 595 PTN.

It was gathered that the bus had rammed into a trailer parked by the road side.

According to an eyewitness, Mr. Sunny Onabedje, who joined others in rescuing victims and taking them to Ughelli Central Hospital, one of the female passengers gave up the ghost at the hospital before she could get medical attention.

Giving details of the second accident which occurred earlier, a staff of the hospital disclosed that the accident occurred a few kilometres from Ewu Junction, with the passengers heading to Ughelli from Port Harcourt.

The staff hinted further that the 12 passengers involved in the accident sustained various degrees of injuries.

Meanwhile, two of them, whose cases were severe, were referred to the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara, for medical attention.