Tragedy struck over the weekend in Benue State as a university lecturer, wife and three children, his colleague at the University of Mkar and another were Saturday evening crushed to death by an articulated vehicle at Gbatse Village along Ugbema-Adikpo Road in Ushongo Local Government Area of the state.
In a related case, the lifeless body of a young lady was also on Sunday morning recovered from a gutter on Calabar Street in the heart of Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
According to reports, the ghastly accident which occurred at about 5 pm involved a trucked conveying a scrapped vehicle and a stationary Toyota Camry car with registration number MKD-300-NH.
The driver of the trailer who in an attempt to avoid a police checkpoint lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the stationary Toyota car killing seven of the occupants while another sustained serious injury and in critical condition.
According to an witness who pleaded anonymity, a search conducted on some of the victims and documents recovered at the scene identified the two University of Mkar Lecturers, Leva Joshua of the Mass Communication Department and Moses Tarnongo who was killed with his three children and wife as some of the victims. While a bank ATM Card belonging to one Adaa I. Blessing was also recovered from the scene.
The Police Public Relation Officer, Deputy Superintendent, DSP, Catherine Anene confirmed the incident as well as the recovery of a lifeless body in a gutter in Makurdi.
