Speeding bus driver kills one, injures seven in Anambra

One passenger lost his life while seven others sustained serious injuries in a fatal crash around the timber market in Umuokpu along Awka-Onitsha expressway in

According to an eyewitness, the overloaded truck was in slow motion when the bus, at an uncontrollable speed rammed into it and crashed.Confirming the incident, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps , Adeoye Irelewuyi blamed the crash on overloading and excessive speed that led to a loss of control of the movement.

He said the injured were taken to the Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka, while the deceased body was deposited in the mortuary.

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