Delta police spokesman dies in auto crash

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Lucky Uyabeme, died on Sunday evening, in an accident around Ogwashi-Uku, along the Asaba-Ughelli expressway.



The police spokesman, who was said to be behind the wheels in a Toyota Highlander, was said to be returning from Kwale, where he had attended a burial ceremony when the accident occurred

Uyabeme, according to reports, was travelling in company with two others -Ozobume Innocent and Mrs. Philomena Atuya- when he met his untimely death. The two other occupants of the SUV survived.

The two victims, who survived the crash, were said to be responding to treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, where the corpse of the deceased police image maker was deposited.

Sources said the vehicle, in which they were driving, skidded off the road, somersaulting several times and throwing out the occupants, before catching fire.