The management of the David Umahi Federal Hospital in Ebonyi State has confirmed that two corps members lost their lives in a vehicle accident on Wednesday on their way to the orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps.
The Eagle Online had earlier reported the death of a Corps Member on Thursday in the accident in which four persons died.
Agwu Nwogo, Public Relations Officer of DUFUTH, in a statement on Friday, revealed that a total of four persons died from the accident.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the accident occurred along Amasiri-Okigwe Road within Amenu village in Okposi community in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
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The accident involved a group of 2024 Batch C Stream 11 corps members heading to the Afikpo NYSC Orientation Camp in Ebonyi State.
Nwogo said that prompt care to the victims was made possible by the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Uzoma Agwu.
He said: “Yes, the commercial bus, Enugu North Mass Transit bus, which was conveying them to the camp, ran under a tipper within the Okposi axis, resulting in the loss of four lives, including two corps members.
“13 victims were rushed to the hospital around 3pm, thanks to the prompt response of the personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps and some other good Samaritans.”
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