No fewer than 11 persons lost their lives in a fatal accident that occured on the Benin-Asaba highway on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
Seven others were said to have sustained various degree of injuries in the accident.
It was gathered that the accident occurred at Okhuahe, a surbub community, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, when the driver of an 18 seater bus heading towards Lagos dangerously overtook another vehicle and had a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle.
Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Cyril Mathew, confirmed the accident.
“The bus attempted to overtake another vehicle and in the process had an head-on collision with the oncoming vehicle, killing 11 persons on the spot,” he said.
He said the corpse were evacuated to the morgue while the injured ones were rush to the hospital for treatment.
