2015-02-06 14:05
Onitsha - Seven persons, including a pregnant woman, in Onitsha,
Anambra State, lost their lives in an accident involving a tanker and
other vehicles, Vanguard reports.
A
witness account said that the accident 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.
The pregnant woman was said to be standing at the bus
stop, when she was crushed by the tanker. Others were mostly passengers
in the four tricycles that were hit in the multiple accidents.
Read more at Vanguard
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