Four passengers lost their lives while many were left injured on Thursday in a fatal accident along the Benin-Ekpoma-Abua highway in Edo State.

The crash happened near Obagie community, in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of the state, involving a 18-seater commercial bus, an articulated truck and a Toyota Sienna car.



Other passengers were said to have also sustained varying degrees of injuries in the process.

According to a passenger who was travelling in the Toyota Sienna car behind the Ekpoma-bound bus, the bus driver was trying to avoid a pothole on the road when it had a head on collision with an articulated truck laden with baskets of tomatoes, coming from the opposite direction.



He explained that following the crash, the bus fell on the road, while the Sienna ran into it.

When contacted, the Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Henry Benemesia, confirmed the incident.

He attributed the crash to over-speeding and dangerous overtaking on the part of the commercial bus driver.



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I was at d scene it was gory.
To d dead r.i p
To d living keep thanking God

God have mercy