Abubakar Sadiq Isah and Usman A. Bello
21 November 2008
One person died, while 15 other members of the Delta State contingents to the Abuja Carnival sustained various degrees of injuries on Wednesday, in an accident that occurred at Yangoji Village, along the Abuja-Lokoja Highway.
The accident occurred at about 11. 30 pm and involved a Toyota Bus with registration number DT 20A25, that belongs to the Delta State Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
An eyewitness told our reporter that the driver of the bus conveying 17 members of the Delta State traditional troupe, lost control and crashed after its tyre burst.
The Kwali Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Tukur D. Sifawa, while confirming the accident also attributed its cause to a tyre that burst.
He said the driver was on top speed when one of the bus front tyres burst and in the process, the vehicle veered off the road and fell into a ditch by the roadside.
The FRSC commander disclosed that one Edith Okuangoro died on the spot, while the injured persons were taken to the Kwali General Hospital by officials of the FRSC Unit Command's rescue team.
Sifawa said the deceased's corpse was taken to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital's Morgue.
Our reporter learnt that 10 persons also sustained injuries in the same spot in a different accident that involved a Toyota bus that belongs to Peace Mass Transit.
It would be recalled that the FCT Sector Commander of FRSC, Nseobong Akpabio, advised motorists coming to Abuja for carnival, to exercise caution.
He warned that any violation of the road traffic regulations will attract grievous consequence.
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