DISASTER!! Benue State Polytechnic and Benue State University (BSU) Students' dies in AUTO CRASH

About 15 persons including students and children died and scores were injured yesterday when a truck conveying fuel rammed its head into a commercial bus at Wannune town of Tarka local government area of the state.

30 Die in Auto Crash

SOURCE: LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP gathered that the auto crash occurred between noon and 1pm at Agudo community, in the frontage of a filling station in Wannune town, the headquarters of Tarka LGA. Wannune town is situated along the Makurdi-Gboko highway.

It was gathered that the tanker marked XD 577 JJN was heading from Gboko to Makurdi while the 14-seater commercial bus marked XA 495 KAL belonging to Pleasure Travels transport company, Makurdi, was conveying passengers from Makurdi to Jato Aka town of Kwande local government area.

All passengers in the 14-seater commercial bus including the driver and that of the tanker perished on the spot while the conductor of the fuel tanker reportedly survived but with serious injuries. It was gathered that some residents and passers-by who were running for safety got injured as a result of the chaos.

An eyewitness, Tyough John Tyubee, a resident of the area, told LEADERSHIP that "the 14-seater bus of Pleasure Travels was heading towards Gboko with passengers among whom were students of Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, and Benue State University (BSU); some of the victims are children".

According to Tyough, "The fuel tanker which was going towards Makurdi lost control due to over-speeding and rammed into the Pleasure Travels bus, smashing it and killing all the passengers."

The police public relations officer (PPRO), DSP Daniel Ezeala, confirmed the incident, saying that the divisional police officer in the area had taken charge of the situation and that investigation into the accident was ongoing.

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