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Six family members died in cross river crash

Tragedy struck on the Calabar-Ikom
highway in Cross River State when a trailer
hit a car and killed six members of a family.
The accident, which occurred Friday
evening around Ehom in Biase Local
Government Area, claimed the lives of four
females and two males of the Osim family
from Ikom in the central senatorial district
of the state.
An eyewitness on Sunday said the accident
happened when a Toyota Camry driven by
Mr. Bernard Osim, an anaesthetic technician
at the University of Calabar Teaching
Hospital, tried to overtake a vehicle at a
bend.
The trailer was said to be heading for
Calabar while the Osim family was
travelling to Ikom when the accident
occurred.
The occupants of the car, it was gathered,
were related to the Special Adviser to
Governor Liyel Imoke on Political Affairs,
Fred Osim. The victims include Bernard, his
wife, Mercy; his mother, Agada Osim; niece,
Faith Odigha; younger sister, Delight Osim,
and another unidentified young man.
They were said to be on their way to Ikom
to distribute Delight's wedding card, which
was billed for May 11.
A family source identified as John, said,
"She is the last born (youngest sister) to
Fred Osim. The other family members were
taking her to Ikom to distribute her
wedding cards scheduled for May 11. We
are short of words."
The trailer driver as well as his assistant, it
was gathered, fled into the bush to escape
the rage of youths.
Meanwhile, officials of the Federal Road
Safety Corps, led by the Itigidi Unit
Commander, Mr. B. I. Abdul, had deposited
the corpses at the Ugep General Hospital
mortuary.
Also, the FRSC Sector Commander in the
state, Mr. Yussuf Salami, said the accident
was caused by dangerous overtaking.
Salami said, "The accident was caused by
reckless overtaking. If someone wants to
overtake, he should do so when the road is
clear but if he overtakes at a blind bend
without seeing oncoming vehicle, then he
is likely to run into avoidable accident. That
accident was avoidable."
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