An auto-crash accident that occurred along the Benin-Warri dual carriageway on Thursday has left no fewer than four persons dead and three persons critically injured.
According to eye witness reports, the car had somersaulted several times while attempting to avoid a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle.
They were said to be travelling to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depot in Benin from Warri.
An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps who pleaded anonymity said the victims were rescued by some policemen on transit before they got there.