National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) members on parade ground. No fewer than 28 persons including recently discharged youth corps members were killed Monday in a ghastly motor accident along Enugu-Nsukka road.
The accident which occured at a rural community, Amoka in Udi Local Council involved two commercial vehicles belonging to Peace Mass Transit, going to Nsukka from Enugu and Enugu Transport Company (ENTRACO), coming from Makurdi to Enugu.
The four youth corpers, all females were returning to their various states in the South East and South South after their discharge from the one year long compulsory service.
Only two of the passengers survived, but in critical condition. They were rushed to a nearby hospital, Our Saviour, 9th Mile Corner.
Eye witnesses said the two vehicles were overtaking the vehicles before them when they collided.
At the accident scene Monday, villagers who trooped to the scene were seen wailing and weeping.
Members of the Federal Road Safety Corps were on their toes extricating trapped bodies from what remains of the vehicles while able bodied youths of the community offered assistance.
The accident held traffic along Enugu-Nsukka-Enugu road for hours.
Source : The Nation Newspaper
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