A tragic accident involving a bus from the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Renewal Movement and a tipper truck in Imo State has claimed the lives of some individuals.
Twenty (20) persons are suspected to have died in the ghastly road accident in Owerri, the Imo state capital.
Eyewitnesses revealed that the bus and the tipper truck, both travelling in the same direction, collided and crashed into a Coca-Cola shop in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area.
Five people died instantly and were taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance, while others remained trapped beneath the bus. Among the deceased were three workers from the Coca-Cola depot.
Additional casualties included the tipper driver and his conductor. Although some Lord’s Chosen members sustained injuries, none were reported dead.
An eyewitness explained: “The accident was between a long coaster bus carrying members of the Lord’s Chosen, and a tipper. The two vehicles were coming from Onitsha to Owerri but the coaster bus, in an effort to overtake the tipper, now collided with it and immediately lost control. The driver tried to control the steering, but it rammed into a Coca-Cola Depot, where over ten of its staff were knocked down by the vehicle.
“When people gathered and started pulling victims out from the car, we discovered that three of the Coca-Cola staff died on the spot, and others were badly injured.
“The tipper driver and his conductor also died. The conductor was forcefully pulled out of the back of the tipper and the moving tipper climbed on his head and smashed the brain. The driver also hit his chest on the steering and bled to death. It was a horrible accident.”