13 Burnt To Death Including A Naval Officer In Rivers Road Accident

At least, 13 persons, together with a naval officer, lost their lives in an exceedingly fatal road accident when a Hiace bus loaded with fourteen,
passengers was involved in a head-on collision
with a pail loader along the Emohua area of the East-West Road in Rivers State.

It was gathered that most of the passengers in the bus, who were travelling to Lagos on Thursday morning, were burnt beyond recognition as the bus went up in flames, presumably due to the impact of the collision.

The pail loader, it had been learnt, skidded off the road and swerved onto the trail of the oncoming bus.

A woman, who was identified as a naval service personnel, was among people who lost their lives within the road accident, that happened when Choba Bridge.

Sources said the bus had loaded at Rumuokoro within the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State and was almost getting to Ahoada before it collided with the pail loader.

Confirming the accident, the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Nnamdi Omoni, same the sole survivor had severe burns and had been rush to a close-by hospital.

Omoni said, “I got the report of a fatal motor accident when Choba, on the East-West Road, where a pail loader skidded off the road and had a head-on collision with an oncoming bus.

“The bus was conveying passengers to Lagos. The bus went up in flames and every one of the passengers, except one, were burnt beyong recognition.

“The one who survived had severe burns and he's said to be in the hospital for medical attention while the burn remains of these burnt had been gathered and taken to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital for preservation.”

The police spokeperson, however, said a team of security operatives had been sent to the accident scene so as to forestall a breakdown of law and order.

 “Operatives of the Rumuji Police Station there on guard and trying to ensure that there's no security breach as a results of the accident and also to forestall anybody from taking advantage of the situation to perpetrate crime,” he said.