Jethro Ibileke/Benin
There was pandemonium at Siloko Road in Benin, capital of Edo State, Tuesday morning, when commuter bus drivers mounted a road block on the road, by Oliha market, protesting a ghastly motor accident which claimed four lives.
The accident involved a commuter bus, a Toyota Vanette, marked Delta AYB 549 XP, which rammed into the white tipper lorry, marked Edo BEN 677 ZN, with the inscription: Chief Vincent Petroleum.
The driver whose name was given as Victor, and three passengers were said to have died on the spot.
It was gathered that the bus driver who was coming from the Ring Road side of the Siloko Road, rammed into the faulty tipper lorry at about 8 pm.
A store owner along the road who did not want to be named, said the tipper lorry stopped at at the traffic light by Oliha market, at about 6 pm, but developed fault when it was passed…
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