One Dead, Others Injured in Road Crash on Way to Ebonyi NYSC Camp

A female prospective member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) tragically lost her life in a fatal road accident in Ebonyi State.

The incident occurred at Amenu community in Okposi on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

The deceased was among a group of 12 prospective corps members traveling in a 14-seater bus involved in the accident.

The group had boarded the bus in Enugu, heading to the NYSC orientation camp in Afikpo, Afikpo Local Government Area, Ebonyi State, for their three-week orientation course. They are believed to be part of the 2024 Batch C Stream II corps members who resumed camp that same day.

The Enugu North Mass Transit bus reportedly collided with a parked truck beside the road, causing the crash. The female corps member, whose name has not been confirmed, succumbed to her injuries.

Her colleagues and other passengers sustained various injuries and were rescued by residents, then rushed to the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS) for treatment.

“Corps members had an accident while going to the NYSC camp. The accident happened at Amenu community in Okposi. A female corps member died,” a source said.

Igwe Henry, the Ebonyi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the accident but stated that he had no details of the casualties, as the victims had been rescued before his officers arrived at the scene.

“At the time our men from Amasiri Unit Command got the information and arrived at the scene, the victims had already been rescued. They didn’t directly carry out the rescue and therefore could not ascertain specifics of what happened,” he said.

“However, the crash occurred on 22nd January at about 14:00 hours. The route was Amasiri-Okigwe, at a place called Amenu village in Okposi. Two vehicles were involved: one was a Toyota commercial bus, grey in colour, and the other was a Mercedes-Benz tipper (truck), the regular tipper you see around.

“From preliminary findings, the crash may have been caused by excessive speed on the part of the commercial vehicle, which was the bus.

“But the details as to the number injured and so on have not been ascertained, because, as I said, the victims were actually rescued by bystanders and then taken to David Umahi Hospital in Uburu.

“And the items recovered at the scene, I understand, are in the custody of one Chief Amos of Amenu village in the same Okposi.

“At King David’s Hospital, where my men visited, the ones they saw were actually in stable condition.”