At least one person, a prospective member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was killed in an accident in Ebonyi on Wednesday.
It was gathered that 11 other prospective corps members, alongside other passengers, sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident.
All the passengers were in a 14-seater Enugu North Mass Transit bus. The bus rammed into a parked truck beside the road, leading to the death and injuries.
Residents of the area said the prospective corps members boarded the bus in Enugu on Wednesday and were heading to the NYSC orientation camp in Afikpo town, Afikpo Local Government Area, for their three-week orientation programme.
They are believed to be prospective members of the 2024 Batch C Stream II corps members who resumed camp on Wednesday.
The female corps member, whose name could not be ascertained, was said to have died from her injuries while her colleagues and other passengers sustained various degrees of injuries.
The survivors were rescued by witnesses and security officials and rushed to the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS), to receive treatment.
“Corps members had an accident while going to NYSC camp. The accident happened at the Amenu community in Okposi. A female corps member died,” one witness said.
“The bus is a 14-seater bus with 12 corps members. Others sustained injuries.”
NYSC official confirms accident
The Ebonyi State Coordinator of NYSC, Foluke Oladeinde, also confirmed the accident.
Mrs Oladeinde, who appeared to be still in shock, could only confirm the accident but did not provide further details.
“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.
