One dead as Benue Links bus crashes into stream in Adi-Etulo

A roadworthy mishap involving a Benue Links rider autobus has claimed the beingness of a pistillate aft the conveyance reportedly plunged into a watercourse on the Ogiladzi–Abakwa Road successful Adi-Etulo, Benue State.

The incidental occurred on Friday evening betwixt 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. astatine Ofyanghan, a assemblage located on the Adi-Etulo axis, according to residents and travellers acquainted with the area.

Sources disclosed that the autobus was heading towards Jato-Aka erstwhile it veered disconnected the roadworthy and crashed into a adjacent stream. The circumstances surrounding the mishap stay unclear.

Residents and passersby rapidly mobilised to the country and assisted successful pulling passengers from the submerged vehicle. Despite the rescue efforts, a pistillate rider reportedly mislaid her beingness successful the crash.

At the clip of this report, officials had yet to merchandise details regarding the full fig of passengers aboard the bus, the individuality of the deceased woman, oregon the factors that whitethorn person led to the accident.

Neither exigency services nor applicable authorities authorities had issued an authoritative connection concerning the incidental arsenic of property time.

Efforts to get autarkic confirmation and further details astir the clang were inactive ongoing.

Meanwhile, relatives of passengers who whitethorn person travelled connected the ...