Three persons have been confirmed dead and others critically injured in multiple accidents in the Ugheli area of Delta State.
It was gathered that the accident involved a Volkswagen Golf, a Tipper and other vehicles along Evwreni axis of the East-West road, in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.
It was learnt that the deceased were first taken to the emergency unit of the Ughelli Central Hospital by men of the Ughelli Unit of the Federal Road Safety Corps where they were confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.
Eyewitness simply identified as Edafe explained that both tipper and Volkswagen Golf were coming from the same direction.Tje Volkswagen Driver tried overtaken the Tipper but saw a vehicle immediately appeared in front of him. He then hot the tippee in the process of avoiding being hit by the other car which led to a huge collision.
Another Eye witness, Okwo attributed the accident to a speed violation, pointing out that speed violation was one of the common causes of a crash.
He advised commuters to use a common sense speed limit when plying the roads, especially during these festive periods when there will be many vehicular movements on the roads, noting that the corpses have been taken to the Ughelli Central Hospital mortuary as at the time of this report
