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has not filed a defence, the Plaintiff needs only a minimal of evidence
to establish its claim. He contended that this has been met. The
learned counsel therefore urged the court to grant their prayers as
sought.
The Plaintiff’s claim is structured mainly on paragraphs 4 – 10
of its statement of claim which runs thus:
Paragraph 4:
The Plaintiff avers that on the 14th day of July, 2011, they
received news that one of their buses was involved in a fatal
accident.”
Paragraph 5:
On getting to the scene of the accident, it was discovered that
one of the 18 seater buses in her fleet with registration no. XF
617 GWA had been crushed by a Honda Civic car with
registration number BC 336 GWA.
Paragraph 6:
The Plaintiff further avers that as at the time they got to the
scene of the accident, the driver of the Honda Civic car was no
where in sight and had even removed his number plate before
taking to his heels.
Paragraph 7:
The scene of the accident was a gory sight; the bus was in a
terrible state. Prima facie it was beyond repairs.
Five
passengers died on the spot while the remaining thirteen had
various degrees of injuries.
Paragraph 8:
The driver of the vehicle also sustained a deep head injury.