Bus carrying 11 passengers plunge into mining pit in Ebonyi

Olayinka Owolabi


A bus fully loaded with 11 passengers was Saturday reported to have plunged into a mining pit located at Enyigba Community of Ikwo Local Government Area of the State.

The pit is about 32 feet deep.

South East Digest gathered that the bus took off from the popular motor parks known as Ochu-udo motor park, located along Afikpo road in Abakaliki without the premonition that it’s journey would end tragically.

A crowd gathers at the site of an excavation pit where a vehicle was said to have plunged into on August 14, 2021.

A crowd gathers at the site of an excavation pit where a vehicle was said to have plunged into on August 14, 2021.

 An unspecified number of passengers are feared dead as a vehicle skidded of the road and plunged into an excavation pit in Ebonyi on Saturday.

The accident, which occurred around 1:30pm, happened along Abakaliki-Ikwo expressway at Enyigba-Izzi community in Abakaliki local government area.

The driver on reaching the scene of the incident, lost control of the bus as it plunged into a mining pit filled with water.

However, officers from the Nigeria Police Force and the Federal Road Safety Corps were seen at the tragedy scene to ensure the availability of security and management of traffic in the area yesterday.

Meanwhile, local divers involved in the rescue operation confirmed that the vehicle involved is a shuttle bus.




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