Three Abia Varsity Students Die In Auto Crash
…Three Others In Critical Condition
THREE Medicine and Surgery students of Abia State University, Uturu, returning to Aba from the school’s induction of medical students reportedly died in an auto crash on Thursday.
Six of them were said to be returning from Uturu when the accident happened.
“Three students have been confirmed dead, while two others are injured and are battling
for their lives now in the hospital while one miraculously survived,” a source said.
In a viral video, men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) were seen at the scene of the accident. There is also a separate video of the victims in the hospital.
Another source said the accident happened when the driver of the vehicle the students were travelling in lost control and somersaulted. Confirming the incident, the Corps Commander of the FRSC, Abia State, Fredrick Ogiden said his men went there shortly after the accident, stating that the vehicle was an ash-coloured private Toyota Camry.
He said that the incident happened at the Okigwe axis of the Enugu-Umuahia Expressway.
Efforts made to contact the state police authorities on the crash proved abortive as officials did not take their calls.
Source: Punch
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