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Eight persons lost their lives while seven were seriously injured in a fatal auto crash that occurred at the Umueka axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway.

The accident involving a Toyota bus and a stationary tanker happened around 6:00 am between the Umueka and Aro Ngwa junction of the highway shortly after the Osisioma Aba flyover.

The 14-seater bus conveying them was said to have rammed into a stationary truck on the expressway.

Poor visibility as a result of early morning dews was suspected to have caused the accident as the driver rammed the bus into the trailer said to have broken down in the middle of the road