A driver identified as Uche on Saturday ran over and killed three persons with his Toyota Camry car after allegedly taken ‘igbo’ and alcohol at Ogwashi-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State.

An eyewitness said one of the victims, a grandmother in her early sixties, died on the spot while three others gave up the ghost at the hospitals.

The sources said other survivals are in critical condition at the hospital.

Sources said that the culprit was driving after allegedly being intoxicated with a combination of drinks and weeds, while he was on top speed in the residential area when he rammed into the people.

He said,

“Immediately the driver disappeared from the scene after the incident, abandoning the vehicle and the victims on the spot.

“The vehicle with registration number ASB 635 AH. And the Police search the vehicle and found a rap of ‘Igbo’ (weed) inside”

The victims, according to the source, were said to be returning from the church where they had gone to clean the church in preparation for Sunday service, when the incident occurred.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya who confirmed the incident, however, said five persons were involved in the lone crash, adding that one person died at a spot.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Ameachi practically broke down in tears during the funeral mass of his Chief Security Officer, Mr Tony Iwelu, at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Ogwashi-Uku.

Ameachi who described the death of his aide as “one of my greatest shocks and personal losses”, said the deceased has been around his family in the last 17 years.

“The realisation of Tony’s death was to say, the least, an unbelievable occurrence even as it appears to be so.

“Tony had through thick and thin been dedicatedly around me and my family for the past 17 years. I am throughout speechless as it concerns Tony’s death because this is one of my greatest shocks and personal losses.” he mourned.