By Jeff Agbodo
ABAKALIKI — Tragedy struck along the busy Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway on Thursday as three persons lost their lives and two others sustained injuries in a multiple-vehicle accident at the Ezillo Bridge axis in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The crash involved a Toyota Sienna bus, two commercial buses and a Toyota RAV4 vehicle, with the Sienna reportedly plunging into a river after the collision.
Eyewitnesses said the accident occurred when the vehicles collided near the bridge, causing one of them to veer off the road and fall into the river below.
One of the eyewitnesses described the incident as horrific and expressed concern over the condition of the bridge and the delay in completing work on a second bridge in the area.
