Black Sunday: Enugu State blood sucking hill takes family of five …Police says, the vehicles were on top speed

Ugwu-Onyeama located in Enugu, is one of the dreaded hills in not only Enugu State, but the southeast. Despite several dangerous turns and valleys that surrounded it, the hill on daily basis hosts thousands of vehicles plying the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway.

However, this route which connects the people of the southeast to other parts of the country has also caused many families pain as they have lost one or two and sometimes, entire family members crashing into the mountain’s vale.

While many whose close friends and loved ones were yet to forget the pains of their dead ones who lost their lives on the mountain, tragedy again struck on Sunday, June 10 at about 8am when an SUV collided with a commercial bus.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident and death of seven persons in a statement on Sunday, said it occurred at about 8 a.m on the Enugu axis of the expressway.

Amaraizu said the accident involved a Toyota Camry with registration number CM960FKJ and a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number ENU75YY, belonging to a mass transit company.

He said that the two vehicles that were on top speed collided in one lane of the expressway.

According to him, seven passengers in the Toyota car who are members of the same family and one other from the bus lost their lives in the accident.

The police spokesperson said that their bodies had been deposited in the mortuary of the Enugu State University of Teaching Hopsital, (ESUTH), Parklane.

He said four others sustained injuries in the crash and were receiving medical attention at the same hospital while investigation into the incident had commenced. (NAN)