Ambulance conveying corpse for burial kills three Keke passengers in Umuahia
Metro Ambulance conveying corpse for burial kills three Keke passengers in Umuahia Published on April 10, 2026 By Daniel Chibuike Three people were killed when an ambulance conveying the corpse of an old woman home for burial ran into a tricycle. The accident which happened in the Big Gutter area of Aba road in Umuahia on Thursday, claimed the lives of two Keke passengers on the spot while the third victim died in the hospital. The ambulance which was driven by a woman, was alleged to be speeding when it hit the tricycle that was coming from the Ubakala-Old Umuahia axis. A crowd of sympathisers who gathered at the scene after the incident, alerted some police officers who arrived the scene and helped in evacuating the injured victims to the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia for immediate attention. No official statement has been issued by relevant agencies in the state about the accident but some residents who witnessed the incident claimed that it could have been caused by over speeding on the part of the ambulance driver. An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity, said that the ambulance was conveying the corpse of a 77-old-woman to the Isi Court area of Umuahia for burial when the accident occurred. When contacted, the Federal Road Safety Corps, Abia State Sector Command, said the incident had not been reported to its office. Don't Miss Three dead as police engage kidnappers in gun duel, recover N5m ransom in Delta You may like Police, security network campaign against cultism as gunmen kill youth in Umuahia Police begin investigation as Federal hospital staff dies of suspected suicide in Umuahia Abia: Two youths die in fatal truck, motorcycle accident in Umuahia Reps member’s phone stolen in Umuahia during Uma Ukpai’s commendation service Truck driver flees as woman, tricycle rider die in Umuahia accident Butcher stabs customer in neck over meat price in Umuahia