Three individuals misplaced their lives in a ghastly motor accident that befell on Saturday morning in Enugu.
Many individuals sustained various levels of accidents, together with journalists on their approach to a perform.
The unlucky incident befell on the Ugwu Onyeama Hills axis of the Enugu–Onitsha expressway.
It was gathered that the crash concerned a number of autos, together with a black Toyota Sienna bus conveying journalists who had been reportedly on an official project to Igbo-Etiti native authorities space in Enugu state.
A few of the occupants of the car, together with crew members from the African Impartial Tv (AIT) and the Nigerian Tv Authority (NTA), sustained various levels of accidents.
Among the many affected journalists are NTA reporter and chairman of the NTA Chapel, Chimaroke Ugwu, alongside his cameraman, Gerald Ugwuanyi in addition to AIT reporter and secretary of the Non-public Broadcast Chapel, Kelechi Ekeledo, and his cameraman, Ifeanyi Ogbodo.
The identities of the deceased had been but to be ascertained on the time of submitting this report, but it surely was gathered that officers of the Federal Street Security Corps (FRSC) and police had been on the scene finishing up rescue operations.
The Onyeama Hills stretch of the freeway is broadly considered a high-risk zone on account of its steep terrain and frequent accidents.
Reacting to the incident, the chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Enugu state council, Comrade Obinna Ogbuka, sympathised with NUJ members, who had been injured within the accident however thanked God for sparing their lives.
Comrade Ogbuka, whereas expressing dissatisfaction over the repeated lack of lives at Ugwu Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha expressway, referred to as for quick completion of the continuing reconstruction work on the highway to cut back such incidents.