One person has been reportedly killed and another injured in an autocrash involving a pilot vehicle of the Venue State Governor Hyacinth Alia of at High in Vandeikya Local Government Area, of the state.
Our correspondent gathered from a local source that the accident occurred at the Governor’s home town when they were on high speed.
He said the Governor who was on his way to attend a programme in his hometown when one of the drivers on the convoy went off the dusty road on speed and was unable to see clearly rammed into a motorcycle killing the one of the passenger on the spot
According to the source Two persons were on the motorcycle, one of them died instantly while the other one sustained injuries
Contacted, the Technical Adviser to the Governor on Media, Publicity and Strategic Communication, Chief Solomon Iorpev debunked claims that the accident happened on the Governor’s convoy.
According to him, “the vehicle was alone on a mission when it got involved in an accident and this was caused by the dust on the road.
“What happened on the road was because of the dust and there was an oncoming vehicle in the opposite direction and while the vehicle driver tried to dodge the oncoming vehicle it rammed into a motorcycle”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, {PPRO) Catherine Anene said the Command was yet to receive such report.