Multiple car crashes that occurred along the Ezzamgbo axis of the Abakaliki/Enugu Expressway have claimed the life of a Professor of Human Physiology and Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Prof. Robert Nneli, and five others on Thursday 13th of April.


The tragedy was officially confirmed by the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ebonyi State, Mrs. Stella Uchendu, she stated that the accident, occurred around 9 pm on Thursday night due to poor visibility which resulted in a head-on collision that involved a trailer with registration number Nassarawa 2183 XT and a Toyota Camry car which the Professor was in.

The FRSC boss stated thus “The vehicle veered off its lane and had a head-on collision with an oncoming articulated vehicle and crushed it. The accident equally claimed the lives of a pregnant woman and a nine-month-old baby among others,”

Sympathizers were at the scene trying to help rescue the remaining persons alive which includes the son of the Professor. When the relatives of the Professor was contacted they revealed that he was traveling with his Toyota Camry vehicle to his hometown in Anambra State when the incident occurred.
The accident also claimed the life of the driver of the Camry car while others sustained several degrees of injuries.

The second accident occurred around 11 pm, and it involved a jeep that rammed into the trailer that caused the first accident in the first incident

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