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The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has confirmed that three more female passengers have died in the hospital from the injuries they sustained in Tuesday’s accident at the Ntigha axis of the Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway in Abia State.
This brings the number of the victims to four, after the previous official record had put it at one.
The Sector Commander of FRSC in Abia State, Mrs Ngozi Ezeoma who confirmed the development to DAILY POST on Thursday, said that the updated report was obtained after a follow-up carried out by the Command at the hospital.
“Our hospital follow-up further confirmed that three other female adults later died in the hospital, making the number four,” Ezeoma told DAILY POST.
It was gathered that the 18-seater comercial vehicle was coming from Ebonyi State and heading to Aba but suffered a burst tyre while in motion.
The impact of the sudden tyre malfunction threw the bus and its passengers into the bush. The bus somersaulted severally, leaving many passengers critically injured.
Meanwhile, the surviving passengers are receiving treatment in hospital.
FRSC confirms three more passengers dead in Abia road accident
