Nine wedding guests, including the parents, uncle of the groom, lost their lives in a fatal auto crash along the Igbogene axis of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
It was learnt that the accident occurred on Saturday at the tollgate along Glory Land drive in the Igbogene axis of the state after the bus conveying the guests collided with another vehicle.
An eyewitness account said the deceased persons were returning to their base in Ebedebiri, Sagbama Local Government Area of the state after the wedding ceremony.
However, they lost their lives after the bus they boarded collided with an oncoming vehicle returning from Warri in Delta state while they were reportedly trying to divert to the East-West road.
Officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) told Daily Trust at the scene of the incident that they had evacuated four persons who sustained injuries to a hospital in Yenagoa, but one later died.
He said the commission would come out with an official statement at the end of the operation as the investigation is still ongoing.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the police in the state, SP Asinim Butswat, said the Command had begun an investigation into the incident.
Accoding to him, “The unfortunate accident occurred on Saturday 4th December 2021 at about 1700hours, along the Glory Land drive, Igbogene, involving a Toyota Hiace Bus with Reg No. AKL 652 YP and a Toyota Forerunner SUV with Reg No. KMK 923 AA.”
“Sketch marks of the scene were taken, the accident cars were also evacuated to the Igbogene Division for further inspection
“The corpses of the victims were deposited at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, while the injured passengers are responding to treatment at the same hospital,” he added.
Meanwhile, the groom’s brother, Comr Yenagoa Samson Pereakpo, took to social media to confirm the death of his family members in the accident.
