Five Killed In Rivers Auto Crash

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Five persons yesterday died in a fatal accident on Tai/Bori road in Rivers State.

According to eyewitnesses, the driver of a Sienna Space bus lost control at a sharp bend on the road and rammed into an oncoming saloon car. The five persons in the Sienna Space bus lost their lives on the spot.

“The Sienna saloon was on high speed and on getting close to Nowa junction, as he was trying to negotiate from a bend the car suddenly lost control and hit an oncoming vehicle. Five persons in the Sienna saloon car died on a spot,” an eyewitness said.

An officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC in Rivers State, who pleaded anonymity confirmed the accident. He said the five who died had been taken to a morgue.