Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of one person in a multiple vehicle crash at the Ugwu-Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway.
The Sector Commander of FRSC Enugu State Command, Franklin Agbakoba, who confirmed the incident while briefing Newsmen, on Sunday said Eight persons, including Journalists were injured.
Agbakoba saidthe accident happened about 10:30 a.m. on March 28.
According to him, nine persons, which included: six male and three female, were involved.
The sector Commander noted that the multiple accident involved three vehicles – a commercial Mercedes truck, a commercial Toyota Sienna car and a commercial Toyota Hiace bus.
According to him, the possible causes of the crash were wrongly over taking and speed violation.
“The FRSC personnel, who rushed for rescue of the victims of the accident, took the injured to Tex Hospital, 9th Mile Corner.
“While the remains of the deceased was deposited at Colliery Hospital Morgue, Enugu by the Zebra 32 Team.
“We have also cleared obstructions and ensured free flow of traffic,” he added.
Four journalists who injured i included crew members from the African Independent Television (AIT) and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
The journalists are NTA reporter, Chimaroke Ugwu, alongside his cameraman,Jerry Ugwuanyi; as well as AIT reporter, Kelechi Ekeledo, and his cameraman, and Ifeanyi Ogbodo.
Reacting to the incident on Sunday, the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Enugu Council, Comrade Obinna Ogbuka, sympathised with the NUJ members who sustained various degrees of injury and thanked God for saving their lives.
Ogbuka, who expressed dissatisfaction over repeated loss of lives at Ugwu-Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, called for speedy completion of the ongoing reconstruction work on the road to reduce such unfortunate accidents.
