PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS— Terrible scenes played out along the hectic East-West Road in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, as a horrific roadway traffic mishap claimed the lives of two female secondary school students sitting the ongoing West African Elder School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and an industrial motorcyclist.
The deadly accident happened at the Choba Bridge axis, an extremely busy transit point within the Obio/Akpor City Government Area, which serves as the host community to the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).
Fatal Collision Near Choba Bridge
According to verified eyewitness accounts, the two female prospects had just concluded their documents for the day at the Odoha Neighborhood Secondary School, located in the neighbouring Emohua City government Location.
Desperate to return home after the examinations, the students chartered business motorbikes, in your area known as okadas, to transport them back across the local government border lines.
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Disastrously, upon reaching the Choba Bridge traffic jam, around thirty minutes far from their exam center, the bikes apparently lost control and ran straight into a durable moving truck.
The impact of the accident was immediate. The industrial motorcyclist and the two teenage female students died on the area from serious head trauma and effect injuries before emergency situation medical personnel might get to the scene.
“The students were coming back from Odoha Community Secondary School, Emohua LGA of Rivers after composing the WAEC exams,” an emergency responder mentioned at the scene. “It occurred today. 3 people died on impact: one okada rider and two WAEC female students.”
Casualties Hurried to UPTH as Police Manage Turmoil
The heavy impact also impacted neighboring commuters, leaving numerous other travelers with differing degrees of severe injuries.
Good Samaritans and very first responders rushed to evacuate the surviving victims, rushing them to the emergency situation ward of the close-by University of Port Harcourt Mentor Health Center (UPTH) for instant surgical and medical stabilization.
Following the crash, a huge traffic gridlock disabled the East– West Roadway passage. Operatives attached to the Choba Divisional Cops Head office were quickly released to the scene to avoid an upset mob from ruining properties, handle the gridlock, and monitor the evacuation of the mangled wreckage.
Graphic video footage of the aftermath rapidly distributed across social media platforms, showing the stationary bodies of the young uniform-clad students lying on the asphalt pavement, triggering widespread mourning and anger amongst citizens.
Since press time, neither the Rivers State Police Command nor the Sector Command of the Federal Roadway Security Corps (FRSC) had actually provided a main statutory statement concerning the specific mechanical reason for the brake failure or the identities of the truck chauffeur and the deceased teenagers.