BLACK FRIDAY: It was a black Friday as two buses carrying Madonna university students to school had a fatal accident. The students were however coming from Jalingo and heading to Madonna university Elele River state. The accident occurred along Abakaliki Road, Ebonyi state.
The unfortunate incident however, occurred on Friday, November 2nd, 2018.
Nevertheless, the three students involved in the accident were Kerry Oliver (200L), Christable (200L, OPT) and Rita (200L, OPT). While those rushed to the hospital were identified as Stanley (400L, MLS), Chidima Nwosu (200L, OPT), Divine (100L, EE).
A student involved in the accident wrote;
“One of my buses we chattered from Taraba state, containing only Madonna students. (We chartered 2 buses). One had an accident today around 6:PM, the bus somersaulted and caught fire immediately. The bus burnt beyond recognition, student were burnt inside the bus alive. Three students were burnt to death beyond recognition. (2 girls, 1 boy). Three students managed to come out, but one broke her leg and head.
They were immediately rushed to the hospital (and they are all unconscious).
The buses contained 12 students (6 students in each bus. (While the driver made them 7 people). It all happened in Ebonyi State, Abakiliki. (I don’t know the state of the driver, whether he survived or not).
The police stated thus “We have received reports of a ghastly accident that happened along Abakaliki Road, Ebonyi state.
Two Taraba State Transport Cooperation (TSTC) buses conveying Madonna students from Jalingo, were involved in a ghastly motor accident. It happened at Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. They were on their way to school from Jalingo yesterday, Friday, November 2nd, 2018 for resumption.
One of the buses got burnt to ashes, roasting three of the students. According to a source who spoke to us with condition of anonymity. The identified students who died were Kerry Oliver (200L), Christable (200L, OPT) and Rita (200L, OPT)
Students rushed to the hospital were identified as Stanley (400L, MLS), Chidima Nwosu (200L, OPT), Divine (100L, EE).
A student who was in the other bus the moment the accident happened wrote:
“One of my buses we chattered from Taraba state, containing only Madonna students. (We chartered 2 buses). One had an accident today around 6:PM, the bus somersaulted and caught fire immediately.
The bus burnt beyond recognition, student were burnt inside the bus alive. 3 students were burnt to death beyond recognition (2 girls, 1 boy), 3 students managed to come out, but 1 broke her leg and head.
They were immediately rushed to the hospital (and they are all unconscious).
The buses contained 12 students (6 students in each bus, containing the driver, 7 people). It all happened in Ebonyi State, Abakiliki. (I don’t know the state of the driver, whether he survived or not).
Currently I am in one police station in Abakalili. I can’t travel again this night, I was actually in the bus in the beginning but later I changed to the other bus. (Thank God.) 5 girls and I’m the only boy in the second bus. We are all madonna students)
Source : uncova.com
