Three persons reportedly lost their lives in a multiple road accident that occurred at Ewu along the Auchi-Okene-Abuja road on Saturday. Ten others were said to have sustained injuries in the accident that was attributed to a truck driver who lost control of the vehicle and rammed into other vehicles.
The Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anthony Okon, who confirmed the accident, said it involved four trucks, three cars and one bus.
“It was a multiple accident, 28 people were involved, three died, 10 were injured, while others remained unhurt”, he said.
He said one of the trucks had a failed brake and in the process the driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed into other vehicles.
“It was a multiple crash, eight vehicles were involved. Ten people were injured and three people died. My people were there within two minutes of the accident to carry out rescue operations.
“I was there to make sure that obstructions were cleared off the road. The problem is that that place needs to be dualised. Construction work is going on there, but at snail speed. If it is not dualised, it will continue to happen, just like what happened at Gwagwalada-Abaji-Lokoja in those days.
“That is what we should be talking about, because that single lane cannot carry the heavy volume of vehicular traffic there,” he said.
