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Bloodbath As Tragic Auto-crash Claims Five Lives In Delta

'Dotun Akintomide

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From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat’s Delta Correspondent)

Tragedy struck on Sunday as no fewer than five persons lost their lives with several others sustaining varying degrees of injuries in a ghastly accident along Asaba, Kwale Expressway, Delta State.

The New Diplomat gathered that the accident occurred few kilometers to Ossisa bridge, Ndokwa Ndokwa East LGA.

Eyewitness said the accident occurred when a Mazda vehicle driving from the Kwale Axis of the road, collided with a Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Agofure Transport line.

Our source said a diversion on the road due to ongoing construction, forced commuters to take one way.

Contacted, the Deputy Sector Commander and Head of Operations, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Delta state Command, Mr. Bakare Fatai Adesina, confirmed the incident but said, “They called me from call centre in Abuja, about it. But I do not know the numbers of casualties.”

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