{"id":9346,"date":"2018-03-26T09:10:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T15:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=9346"},"modified":"2018-03-26T09:10:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T15:10:54","slug":"open-grazing-cows-almost-killed-eighteen-passengers-along-owo-benin-expressway","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/open-grazing-cows-almost-killed-eighteen-passengers-along-owo-benin-expressway\/","title":{"rendered":"Open grazing Cows almost killed eighteen passengers along Owo-Benin Expressway"},"content":{"rendered":"
– The passengers were travelling by bus when some cows ran across the road<\/p>\n
– Two of the cows were hit in the process despite the driver’s effort to avoid them<\/p>\n
Some passengers escaped death along the Owo-Benin Expressway over the weekend when about 200 cows took to the highway in Ondo state.<\/p>\n
Vanguard reports that 18 passengers escaped death by whiskers, and were left with various degrees of injuries after the cows ran across the expressway.<\/p>\n
An eyewitness said the drivers of the commercial bus marked KPA 77LG did all he could to avoid the cows but two of them hit the vehicle. He said immediately the incident happened the herder said something to the other cows and they all escaped.<\/p>\n
“Despite efforts by the driver to avoid the cows, two of them hit the bus. Immediately the accident happened, the herdsmen spoke to the other cows and they escaped into the bush,”<\/i>\u00a0the eyewitness said.<\/p>\n
While a dead cow was seen lying on the accident scene, the wounded passengers were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were just saved by grace from the hands of these wicked herdsmen. It all happened with lightning speed. It was God who actually took control of the situation,”<\/i>\u00a0one of the victims, Grace Ajayi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
– The passengers were travelling by bus when some cows ran across the road – Two of the cows were hit in the process despite the driver’s effort to avoid them Some passengers escaped death along the Owo-Benin Expressway over the weekend when about 200 cows took to the highway in Ondo state. Vanguard reports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-9346","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n