12-18-2020, 02:54 PM
An undisclosed number of passengers on Wednesday lost their lives in a ghastly accident on their way back from a traditional wedding in Abia.
The auto crash happened around Osisioma Ngwa before Umekai junction, at about 8:30 pm, a survivor Ijeoma Umoabia narrated to ABN TV.
They were returning to Umuahia from Obehi area where the traditional marriage took place.
Two buses involved in the crash, a Coaster bus and a minibus were said to be conveying about 38 passengers when the incident happened.
ABN TV gathered that all the passengers in the minibus died while 1 died from the Coaster bus, 2 in a coma, and about 25 critically injured.
A lady was said to have had her head cut off from her body.
Though the survivor could not narrate the cause of the accident, she said the only thing she could remember was that people in the vehicle were shouting Jesus while the vehicles somersaulted several times.
She also recounted how soldiers in the area came to their rescue.
Source: https://abntv.com.ng/2020/12/many-guests-feared-dead-while-retaining-from-traditional-wedding-in-abia-survivor-narrates-graphic-photos/
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The auto crash happened around Osisioma Ngwa before Umekai junction, at about 8:30 pm, a survivor Ijeoma Umoabia narrated to ABN TV.
They were returning to Umuahia from Obehi area where the traditional marriage took place.
Two buses involved in the crash, a Coaster bus and a minibus were said to be conveying about 38 passengers when the incident happened.
ABN TV gathered that all the passengers in the minibus died while 1 died from the Coaster bus, 2 in a coma, and about 25 critically injured.
A lady was said to have had her head cut off from her body.
Though the survivor could not narrate the cause of the accident, she said the only thing she could remember was that people in the vehicle were shouting Jesus while the vehicles somersaulted several times.
She also recounted how soldiers in the area came to their rescue.
Source: https://abntv.com.ng/2020/12/many-guests-feared-dead-while-retaining-from-traditional-wedding-in-abia-survivor-narrates-graphic-photos/