No less than nine persons, including the parents and siblings of a newly married groom, died in an auto crash on Saturday while returning from the wedding, according to Daily Trust.
The accident, it was gathered, occurred at the tollgate along Glory Land drive in the Igbogene axis of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The deceased persons were returning to their base in the Sagbama Local Government Area of the state after the wedding ceremony when the unfortunate incident happened.
The bus which the deceased passengers boarded collided with an upcoming vehicle returning from Warri in Delta State.
The vehicles were reportedly trying to divert to the East-West Road when the unfortunate incident happened, according to witnesses.
The cause of the accident might be connected with the deplorable state of that axis of the East-West Road, a witness said.
Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at the scene of the incident said they had taken four persons who sustained injuries to a hospital in Yenagoa, but one later died.
He said the agency would come out with an official statement at the end of the operation since an investigation was still ongoing.
