Nine out of ten wedding guests were on Saturday feared killed in a fatal road accident at Ekpon junction on the ever-busy Agbor-Ewohimi Road in Igueben Local Government Area, Edo state.
The guests were travelling from Benin city to Ewatto in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo state to attend a wedding ceremony of their friend and relation.
However, the bus conveying them collided with a trailer carrying cement to the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, killing nine of the guests on the spot.
The body of the deceased passengers, were said to havebeen taken to the mortuary,while the only survivor, a young boy of about 15 years is said now to be in the intensive care in a hospital.Most of the deceased were said to have hailed from Ewatto in Edo state.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safty Corps(FRSC), Edo Sector Command, Henry Benemesia,when contacted said 5 persons died at the spot, while others were taken to the hospital and he was yet to confirm, if the other persons
were dead.
Meanwhile as a result of the tragedy, angry youths in Ewatto yesterday reportedly set ablaze the truck whose driver was said to have escaped immediately the accident happened to avoid being lynched.
