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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has disclosed that two persons lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident where the State Governor, Monday Okpebholo rescued victims.<\/p>\n

The governor who arrived at the scene of the accident and met several victims in critical condition, ordered two of his security Hilux vehicles to be deployed for emergency transport services.<\/p>\n

The accident happened on Saturday, August 30, 2025 on the Benin-Auchi road after the Egba community in the Uhuwonde local government of the Edo state.<\/p>\n

It was gathered that the accident happened when an SUV heading towards Auchi dangerously overtook another vehicle and rammed into an oncoming commercial minibus.<\/p>\n

Giving an update of the accident to newsmen on Monday in Benin City, the Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety, FRSC, Cyril Mathew said two persons lost their lives while five others sustained various degrees of injuries.<\/p>\n

Mathew who attributed the accident to wrongful overtaking added that four adult males and a female sustained injuries.<\/p>\n

He said the injured are receiving treatment at the hospital while the deceased were taken to the mortuary.<\/p>\n

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