TRAGEDY struck late afternoon Friday at the popular Unizik Interchange bus stop, along the Onitsha-Enugu Federal highway in Awka, when a trailer fully loaded with goods rammed into three other vehicles, killing about 12 persons and injuring many others on the spot.
Mrs. Nkiru, from Nibo in Awka South Council and who wedded about six months ago, along with her husband, were among the few who came out alive with minor injuries.
She said they were returning from Enugu to Awka where they went to visit a family friend.
Amidst sobs, she said a trailer carrying diesel with registration number Abia AE729-UMA, which was also coming from the Enugu end of the expressway, apparently lost control due to brake failure, and therefore run into a crowd of people and other vehicles at the foot of the Unizik junction.
The incident occurred at about 4:pm yesterday when workers were rushing home and many students scrambling for vehicle to take them to destinations for the scheduled Joint Admissions Matriculations Board (JAMB) exam holding today at various centres across the nation.
Three L-300 mitsubishi commuter buses were involved. But volunteers assisted officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), policemen, soldiers and officials of the Nigerian Civil Defence Corp (NCDC) to take the injured to different hospitals in Awka.
Victims were said to be mainly people selling different items along the park and some okada riders.
Students and bye-standers cried their hearts out at the scene of the accident, as vehicles heading to Onitsha were held standstill for hours along the expressway.
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