Fatal Accident Claims the Live of A Prospective Corps Member in Ebonyi State
A tragic incident has resulted in the death of a female prospective member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) due to a road accident in Ebonyi State.
The fatal accident occurred at Amenu community in Okposi on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. The deceased was traveling with a group of 12 prospective corps members in a 14-seater bus when it was involved in the crash.
The group had boarded the bus in Enugu, en route to the NYSC orientation camp in Afikpo, Afikpo Local Government Area, where they were set to participate in a three-week orientation course. They are part of the 2024 Batch C Stream II corps members who officially commenced their camp on the same day.
Reports indicate that the Enugu North Mass Transit bus collided with a parked truck alongside the road, leading to the unfortunate crash. The identity of the deceased, who succumbed to her injuries, is still being confirmed.
Meanwhile, her colleagues and other passengers suffered varying degrees of injuries. They received immediate assistance from local residents and were transported to the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS) for treatment.
According to a source, “Corps members had an accident while going to the NYSC camp. The accident happened at Amenu community in Okposi. A female corps member died.”
However, the Ebonyi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Igwe Henry, confirmed the accident, stating that he had no details regarding casualties since the victims were already rescued before his officers arrived on the scene.
In his statement, he said: “At the time our men from Amasiri Unit Command got the information and arrived at the scene, the victims had already been rescued. They didn’t directly carry out the rescue and therefore could not ascertain specifics of what happened,” he said.
“However, the crash occurred on 22nd January at about 14:00 hours. The route was Amasiri-Okigwe, at a place called Amenu village in Okposi. Two vehicles were involved: one was a Toyota commercial bus, grey in color, and the other was a Mercedes-Benz tipper (truck), the regular tipper you see around.
“From preliminary findings, the crash may have been caused by excessive speed on the part of the commercial vehicle, which was the bus.
“But the details as to the number injured and so on have not been ascertained, because, as I said, the victims were actually rescued by bystanders and then taken to David Umahi Hospital in Uburu.
“And the items recovered at the scene, I understand, are in the custody of one Chief Amos of Amenu village in the same Okposi.
“At King David’s Hospital, where my men visited, the ones they saw were actually in stable condition.”
