Teachers from Ughelli South local government area, Delta State, returning from the celebration of World Teachers Day have escaped death.
They were involved in an accident on Ughelli-Asaba Expressway on Sunday, while going back to Ughelli.
It was learnt that the teachers who were travelling in a bus after the event, had a collision with a truck at Akiewhe in Isoko North local government close to Emevor.
Some of the teachers who broke their legs, hands, heads and sustained other various degrees of injury are in critical health condition at the hospital.
“The truck driver veered off his lane when the bus was already close.
He attempted to overtake. The truck driver turned his steering towards the bus and a major collision occured.
“There were about ten teachers in the bus driven also by a teacher. The accident was serious that rescuers could not pull out victims from the bus. It was axe they used to smash the body of the bus before they could pull the victims out.
“Five teachers had very severe injury including the Secretary of the NUT, Ughelli South LGA chapter, the vice chairman and others. The teachers were were rushed to the Central Hospital Ughelli,” the source added.
The commissioner for Secondary Education, Rose Ezewu, has visited the hospital to get first hand information and to also sympathize with the victims.
As at press time, family members, colleagues are still visiting the hospital to sympathize with those involved while the accident continue to sent shock wave among teachers in the local government.
