Information reaching 247ureports.com through sources in Umuahia indicates that the Secretary to the State Government [SSG] was involved in a fatal car accident.
According to the information received, the crash occurred along the Abiriba – Umuahia expressway at about 11am Saturday morning.
The SSG who drove in a sport utility vehicle [SUV] sustained major injuries. The other person who drove a Honda Accord died instantly at the scene of the crash.
The SSG, according to a staff at the hospital is responding to treatment and is stable. the SSG was headed to Abiriba from Umuahia after a funeral service.
According to eyewitness report, the driver of the red Honda Accord lost control of his vehicle and slammed onto the SSG’s 4×6 injuring the SSG’s driver and his Orderly.
According to the hospital staff, the condition of the three – although stable – remain critical. The medical expert who was among the team that tended to the SSG, his driver and his Orderly told our correspondent that they may be required to be airlifted to a better medical facility in order to save their lives.
The medical expert indicated that the SSG and the two – sustained life threatening injuries. The driver sustained leg injury while the SSG sustained multiple injuries.
