Would-be Couple, Others Crushed to Death on Benin-Ore Road!

Even before they could formally take the oath of forever loving and living with each other "until death do them part", a couple who was on their way to their hometown in the South-east for their traditional marriage ceremony got crushed to death along with nine others, in what is yet another avoidable highway death. The would-be couple, even in death, have stuck to each other like Siamese twins.

The Benin-Ore road, which has become a veritable death knell for travellers due to the bad state of the road, has witnessed many tragic incidents.
The accident, which occurred around Okada junction of the Benin-Ore-Lagos highway yesterday, also claimed the lives of two innocent children.

The accident reportedly happened at about 4pm when a commercial bus belonging to Peace Mass Transit Company and a truck conveying goods towards Lagos, had a head-on collision. Oftentimes, motorists travelling in opposite directions share the same lane, because of the bad state of the lane they ought to follow. Were it not so, head-on-collision should not happen on dualised highways, which was the case in this incident. 
The remains of the causalities have already been evacuated from the ill-fated bus by men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) when newsmen arrived the scene of the accident.

According to one of the survivors of the accident, Anthony Ndubuisi, a South African-based footballer who spoke at the Accident and Emergency Unit of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), the Onitsha-bound bus took off at Ojuelegba bus terminal in Lagos with 17 passengers including two small children belonging to two of the adult passengers.
Ndubuisi, who plays for Jomo Cosmos FC of South Africa, attributed the accident to over speeding and recklessness on the part of the driver. He said that the driver, who allegedly escaped unhurt, was travelling on the opposite lane and was overtaking another vehicle on top speed, and ran into a trailer that was coming on top speed in the same direction.
"I had wanted to travel with another transport company, but they told me that Peace Mass Transit Company was cheaper. I was going to Asaba to finalise arrangements for a trip to Europe where I hope to pursue my career. Just see where I end up," he said. 

Source: ThisDay