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Two Corpers die in car crash in Benue State after driver falls asleep

By Ameh Comrade Godwin on July 25, 2012

Tragedy struck in Makurdi, Benue State capital yesterday following the death of two National Youth Service Corps, NYSC who were involved in an auto crash along the ever-busy Makurdi-Aliade Road.

The vehicle, a Volkswagen bus belonging to the Anglican Communion, Diocese of Otukpo, plate number Benue AE 135 JUX, was conveying the corps members from the Benue State Orientation Camp in Wannune, to their places of primary assignment in Otukpo.

An eyewitness said that the driver of the bus, conveying the 14 corps members apparently fell asleep while on top speed, “and all we saw was that the bus skidded off the road and somersaulted several times in the bush.”

He said members of the Igbor community rushed to the scene to rescue the victims.

He said: “When we got there, we alerted the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, which also rushed to the scene.

“As we axed the bus, we discovered that two of the occupants were dead, while others were rushed to Saint Vincent Hospital Aliade for treatment.”
Among the early callers at the hospital, where nine of the victims were recuperating, was Governor Gabriel Suswam, who lamented the unfortunate incident.

Governor Suswam, who also visited the state secretariat of NYSC in Makurdi, directed that the victims be transferred to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makur-di, for further treatment.

When contacted, Benue State Public Relations Officer of NYSC, Mr. Chidi Nnorom, confirmed the deaths.

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