AN accident claimed the life of a female prospective corps member who was going to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp at Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The deceased was among a group of 12 prospective corps members in a 14-seater bus involved in the accident.
The female corps member, whose name could not be ascertained at the time of filling this report, was said to have died from injuries sustained while her colleagues and other passengers sustained various degrees of injuries.
A source said the corps members boarded the bus in Enugu heading to the NYSC orientation camp located in Afikpo town for their three weeks oriental course when the bus lost control and rammed into a parked truck in the road.
They are believed to be prospective members of the 2024 Batch C Stream II set of corps members.
They were rescued by residents and security agencies from the mangled bus and rushed to the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS) for treatment.
Ebonyi state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Igwe Henry, confirmed the accident.
He, however, said he has no details of casualties as the victims were rescued before his officers got to the scene.
He said: “At the time our men from Amasiri Unit Command got the information and got to the scene, the victims had been rescued.
“However, the crash occurred at about 14.00 hours. The route was Amasiri-Okiigwe which they call Amenu village in Okposi.
“Two vehicles were involved, one was a Toyota commercial bus, grey colour and the other was a Mercedes-Benz tipper (truck), a commercial Mercedes-Benz tipper, the regular Tipper that you see around,” he stated.
Ebonyi State Coordinator of NYSC, Foluke Oladeinde, said she was in a state of shock.
“I am not in the right frame of mind to talk now. I am in the hospital now. Yes the accident occurred but I can’t talk right now,” she said.