A fatal accident occured at Asaba-Onitsha expressway, Friday involving a collision of an unidentified driver of a commercial blue Scania truck with registration number: LSD697YD and an unidentified driver of a commercial blue/white Mistibuchi L300 bus with registration number: LEH596XA crushing three persons to death.
According to an eyewitness, the victims were pedestrians walking down the bridge.It was gathered that 10 people comprising, six male adults and four female adults, were involved in the crash. While three persons, two males and one female died on the spot, three females were injured.
The sector commander,acting Sector Public Education Officer, FRSC, Anambra, Margaret Onabe, confirmed the accident.
The rescue team of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Onitsha, took the victims to a hospital, where the three persons were confirmed dead by the doctor on duty and their corpses taken to the hospital morgue while the injured victims received treatment.
Onabe stated that the cause of the fatal crash led to break failure and mechanical deficiency.“The truck developed fault and broke down on the bridge. On sighting a towing van towing another vehicle out of the bridge. The driver of the truck sensed that the towing truck might come back later to tow his vehicle, he quickly moved his vehicle without fixing the defect.“The driver moved the vehicle and the brake failed on the bridge, lost control and rammed into pedestrians who were walking down the bridge, killing three persons instantly, while three others sustained injuries.“The vehicle kept moving and on getting to the place where Ojukwu statue was erected, it finally collided with a bus going towards Asaba and crashed. The driver took to his heels thereafter.”
The Sector Commander, Anambra State, Corps Commander Adeoye Irelewuyi, urged motorists to ensure they service and maintain their vehicles regularly to minimum safety standards before plying the road whilst he wished the injured victims quick recovery also sympathized with the families of the dead victims.
Add comment