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Ebonyi: Four die, others injured in auto crash

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No fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead, with four others seriously injured in an auto crash that occurred at the Spera-en-deo junction of the Ogoja-Abakaliki-Enugu federal highway.

The Ebonyi Sector Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mrs Stella Uchegbu, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said it occurred on Monday evening, NAN reports.

Uchegbu said that the accident involved an articulated vehicle and a bus.

“Eight persons: five females, two males, and a child were involved in the unfortunate accident.

“Four persons were injured while four people: two females, one male, and a child died.

“The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the hospital’s morgue, while the injured persons have been taken to the Alex Ekwueme Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki,” she said.

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