60 students escape death as Enugu Shuttle bus goes up in flames
By Tony Edike ENUGU – No fewer than 60 students of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), yesterday, narrowly. escaped death following a mysterious fire that engulfed the Coal City Shuttle bus conveying them from the permanent site of the institution in Agbani, Nkanu West council to city centre. The bus belonging to Enugu State Ministry of Transport is among the ones recently procured y the state government to boost urban transport scheme of the Sullivan Chime administration. Although there were no deaths, eyewitnesses said that many of the students and other passengers sustained serious injuries in the near stampede that resulted while escaping to safety through the widows and other exit available spaces in the bus. It was further learnt that valuables including Laptops and handsets belonging to the students were completely destroyed by the fire which occurred around 2.00pm near the Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) junction. One of the victims and a Com...