Weeping, wailing as family members travelling for funeral die in Anambra auto crash
Seven persons travelling for a funeral ceremony have died in an auto crash on the Ogidi-Abatete road in the Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Many others on the same journey sustained varying degrees of injury.
The accident, which occurred about 5.15 pm on Friday, involved a tipper loaded with sand and a bus, with 19 persons on board.
It was gathered that the bus was conveying a family to a burial ceremony when it collided with the tipper.
An eyewitness said, “No fewer than seven persons died on the spot while other passengers sustained injuries.
“Most of them were members of the same family going for a burial ceremony.”
The Sector Public Education Officer of Federal Road Safety Corps, Pascal Anigbo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent.
He said the corpses had been deposited at the hospital morgue, while the injured were receiving treatment. Punch
