Two
women are currently fighting for their lives at MAZPA Specialist Hospital,
Ukaegbu road, following a road accident involving a commercial bus and a Mack
Truck.
The accident which occurred at about 3am Tuesday morning
involved a commercial bus with Reg. number Abia 288 YG carrying seven
passengers, heading into Aba, Abia State from Akwa Ibom State, and a Mack Truck
with Reg number Rivers XY 713 PHC belonging to a yet-to-be identified
construction company.
"Eyewitnesses
said they were attracted by the loud bang and on realizing it was an accident,
rushed to the scene and assisted to take the injured victims to the nearby
hospital where they until this report were receiving treatment.
While
two out of the victims were lying unconscious in their respective hospital beds
due to the impact of the accident and severity of their injury while filing
this report, others with minor cuts were nursing their injury at the reception
hall of the hospital.
Narrating
how the incident happened to our reporter, Patience Abanjoubo said that they
were coming from Uruakpa, Akwa Ibom State to go to Good Morning Market in Aba
to sell Palm oil, fruits and vegetables that they harvested from their farms.
Abanjoubo
further stated that the driver of the commercial bus was subsequently taken
into custody by the police."
While
attributing the accident to over-speeding and carelessness of the driver, the
Aba Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), ACP Okora Awassam,
however, blamed the inability of the said construction company’s driver to put
caution sign at the back of the truck to warn other drivers of the spoilt
truck.
Awassam
warned both commercial and private individual drivers against over speeding
especially at sharp bending corners and to overtake when the road is safe
enough for them to do so. She also said that they would continue to monitor how
the patients are responding to treatment.
Source:
The Nation
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