9 JAMB Exam Candidates Died In Abia State Car Accident

9 people who went to write the final set of Jambexamination has died
in a tragic car accident this morning in Aba-Port Harcourt
expressroad.
According to Geoffrey Ogbonna, the spokesperson for Abia police
command, 7 peopleincluding the driver died instantly while two others
died later in hospital. The police did not identify the victims.
The police image maker said that the candidateswere travelling on a
Hiace bus with registration number Rivers XY 249 from Port Harcourt to
Aba. Ogbonna said that the driver of the bus rammed into a truck with
with registration number Lagos XC 109 SLK, parked off the road .
He said that the accident occurred at Obeaku-Ihie in the Ugwunagbor
Local Government Area of Abia at about 10.40 a.m.
Ogbonna said that the dead had been deposited at the mortuary while
six survivors of the accident were in critical condition and
receivingmedical attention in a hospital Aba.
He said that the 15 seater-bus, was conveying mainly people, going to
sit for the JAMB examination, slated for 27 April.
According to him, the clue comes from the itemsrecovered at the scene
of the accident.
A witness, Mr Peter Okolo, attributed the accident to over-speeding
and recklessness on the part of the driver .
He said that the driver lost control of the vehicle when he wanted to
overtake a vehicle in front of him.
"When he saw an upcoming vehicle while he was over-taking the car in
front of him, he veered off the road and then rammed into the truck
parked off the road," Okolo said.
[By PM News ]