Sad: How 4 Catholic nuns died in Cross River
– Accident involved truck and a Toyota Sienna car
– Two reverend sisters critically injured
Four Catholic nuns have lost their lives in an accident along the Nkarasi/Alok axis of the Ikom/Ogoja highway in Cross River state, while two others who were critically injured in the crash have been rushed to undisclosed hospital.
The Kia car which got badly damaged when a commercial bus ran into it.
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The auto crash which occurred on Tuesday, February 9 involved a Toyota Sienna car in which the six reverend sisters were in and a truck carrying soft drinks.
The Nation, citing an eyewitness reports that the accident occurred when the truck lost control and veered into the lane of the Sienna causing a head on collision.
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In another incident, a family of three miraculously escaped death on Wednesday, February 10, in Benin when a truck carrying wood crushed their jeep.
The family made up of the father, wife, a 9-month-old baby and a family friend just stepped out of the car when the accident happened.
Likewise great tragedy was slightly avoided at the Ikeja-Allen area of Lagos at about noonday, on February 8, when a fully loaded commercial bus lost its brakes and was forced to swerve off the designated road.
In the course of its unguarded swerve, the bus brushed a brand new Kia car, got onto the express demarcation (median) and continued on its troubled motion down the road until it came to its final place of rest.
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