Eight persons have been reported dead in an accident along the Ugbogui area of the Benin-Ore Expressway on Wednesday.
The Federal Road Safety Commission Benin Toll Gate Unit Commander, Mr. Adewale Ameen, said the crash involved an 18-seater bus, marked CT 874 FST, and a Mercedes Benz truck, with number plate MUS 570 SS, belonging to a Pentecostal church, Lord Chosen Charismatic Movement.
The victims were said to be returning from a vigil.
Ameen attributed the accident to fatigue on the part of the bus driver, who was said to have rammed into the stationery truck while driving from Lagos to Benin.
“Although the bus driver survived, eight passengers died in the bus,” he said.
The unit commander explained that “it was an avoidable accident because the truck parked well away from the road.”
He added, “From my interaction with the survivors of the bus, they had consistently warned the diver about his recklessness before the accident occurred.
“They were coming from Lagos after an all-night prayer session before the accident happened,”.
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