Jonglei road accident leaves 1 dead, 5 injured

A woman was killed and 5 other passengers critically injured in a deadly road accident involving two vehicles along the Juba-Bor road in Jonglei State’s Bor County on Tuesday, the police said.

A woman was killed and 5 other passengers critically injured in a deadly road accident involving two vehicles along the Juba-Bor road in Jonglei State’s Bor County on Tuesday, the police said. 

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, Major-General Samuel Bidit Puok, the state traffic police commissioner, said the deadly Tuesday morning incident occurred in the Malithtor area. 

“The incident occurred at 10 am when a passenger Noah Vehicle hit from the behind a V8 Vehicle belonging to a businessman called Simon Akuei Deng. Both cars were coming from Juba,” Bidit said. “After running into the V8 while trying to overrun it, the Noah overturned twice with passengers inside.”

He added, “There were 12 passengers including two children. One female passenger died hours after the incident. Five other passengers were critically injured. Some other passengers including Akuei whose car was hit also sustained some minor injuries.”

The state traffic police commissioner pointed out that investigations are ongoing into the incident and that the injured ones are being treated at a Chinese Hospital in the capital, Juba. 

Gen. Bidit urged the drivers to be cautious while plying along the Juba-Bor road which is currently under construction.