Not less than eight persons have been reportedly died as two speeding vehicles plunged into the Ekpan River near Chevron Nigeria Limited along the NPA Expressway in Uvwie local government area of Delta State.
The PUNCH gathered the incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. when a Sports Utility Vehicle rammed into a commercial mini-bus that had just dropped passengers along the expressway.
The two vehicles were both coming from Warri and heading towards the popular Effurun Roundabouts when the accident occurred. The vehicles were both carrying passengers.
Although, some witnesses claimed that only the SUV that plunged into the river, others said both vehicles plunged with about 10 passengers onboard.
One of the sources said, “The bus was picking and dropping passengers near Chevron office just by the Ekpan River when the Jeep (SUV) on speed rammed into the small bus and both vehicles fell into the river. Eight bodies were recovered lifeless.
“The incident occurred about 11:30 a.m. I can’t tell about the number of persons that were in both vehicles but eight persons recovered by divers. It took the intervention of sympathisers and the police officers from Ekpan Division to recover the corpses and evacuate the vehicles.”
The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Andrew Aniamaka, when contacted, said he had not been briefed on the incident.
However, a police source at the Ekpan Police Station confirmed the incident and the corpses had also been evacuated.
