by Rachel Ogbu

A new bride was left devastated on Monday after her husband-to-be and three of his relatives died in an auto crash along the Benin-Auchi highway.

On their way to the wedding introduction, the groom, his grandmother, uncle and the uncle’s wife who were riding in a Toyota Siena bus had a head-on collision with heavy duty truck belonging to Sentraco Construciton Company.

They were on their way to Uromi, in Esan North East Local Government Area when the accident occurred around Iruekpen, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.

According to reports, at the time of filing this report, two of the bodies were still trapped under the truck, while corpses of the two others had been taken away to the morgue.

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The Punch reports:

Head of Operation, Iruekpen Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. John Omokandugba, said the accident was caused by dangerous overtaking by the Toyota bus.

He said, “Four persons including two men and two women, who were occupants of the Toyota Siena, with registration number USL 111 AE, died in the accident.”

Omokandugba said the truck loaded sand dust from Auchi, and was heading for Elele, in Rivers State, when the accident occurred.

He said, “The accident was as a result of speeding. The light rain showers equally contributed.”