No fewer than seven persons,
including a pregnant woman, yesterday in Onitsha, Anambra state, lost their
lives, while about 15 others sustained various degrees of injuries in an
accident involving a tanker and other vehicles.
The accident, according to an
eyewitness, occurred when a fuel-laden tanker, descending Awka Road, had brake
failure and rammed into vehicles at Anambra Broadcasting Service, ABS/Awka Road
traffic light junction.
According to the source, the driver,
in a bid to avoid more destruction, crushed a blue Mitsubishi bus, fully loaded
with passengers, and then hit four tricycles.
A source said: “The pregnant woman
was standing at the bus stop, perhaps waiting for a bus, when she was crushed
by the tanker. Others were mostly passengers in the four tricycles that were
hit in the multiple accidents”
Onitsha Police Area Commander, Mr.
Philip Ezekiel, the Inland Town Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Cosmas Eze and
the Onitsha Central Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Isa Abubakar, all battled to
save lives.
Officials of Fire Service rushed to
the scene of the crash to prevent the petrol tanker from exploding.
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