By Olumide T.Agunbiade
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| A collision accident |
About
20 students of the Niger Delta University (NDU), in Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa
State, were reported killed in an accident along the Tombia highway, the
only road leading to the university.
The
victims of the accident were mostly part-time students of the state-owned Niger
Delta University, Amassoma who were returning from lectures in a 13-seater bus
that collided with another that was returning to Amassoma from Yenagoa.
The
accident happened when two buses coming from opposite directions had a head on
collision on Tuesday evening. Coincidentally, both buses belonged to the
state-transport company.
An
eyewitness, Mr Inaikozia Fumgbe who is a
100-level Sociology student of NDU and whose vehicle was behind the bus, as
saying said the 13-seater bus with registration number RIVERS KNM 1415A
clashed with another thirteen seater bus with registration number RIVERS SP 269
KPR from Yenagoa. It was without its headlight and was on high speed.
He
said the accident occurred at about 8 pm on Tuesday night on the
Amossoma-Ekpetiama road. He added that one pregnant woman was crushed while
others with serious injuries and those that died on the spot were taken to
nearby clinics and hospitals in Yenagoa.
He
attributed the cause of the accident to over-speeding, when our correspondent
visited the scene of the accident the mangled buses which belong to the Bayelsa
State Transport Company were littered with blood stains and handouts of
students and foodstuffs.
The
bodies of the victims were deposited at the NDU Teaching Hospital at
Okolobiri, while the injured victims were receiving treatment at various
hospitals in Yenagoa.
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