- The number of casualties is yet to be ascertained
A trailer on Thursday reportedly crushed an 18-passenger bus in Abia State killing all its occupants.
The incident happened in Umuahia-Enugu axis of the Port Harcourt Enugu Highway.
The truck driver was said to have lost control before crashing into the bus at a police checkpoint around the Lokpanta area of the State.
It was also learned that an 18-seater commercial bus was at the checkpoint awaiting police clearance when a truck driver lost control and rammed into them killing the driver and all the passengers.
The bodies of victims still littered the scene at 8:20 am, the Nation quoted an eyewitness, Bananas Okereke, as saying.
He said: “The road is blocked by protesting bus drivers and other motorists who are asking that the policemen who caused the accident be brought back to the scene.
“Colleagues of the bus driver and other road users have taken over the road, demanding Justice for the victims. They vowed to remain there until Governor Alex Otti visits the scene.”
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