Four persons, on Wednesday, escaped death in a lone accident along the Enugu-Onitsha express road, Onitsha, Anambra State.
The accident, involving an articulated vehicle with the registration number Enugu XX 971 ENU, occurred around the MCC axis of the road, where no fewer than twenty lives were recently lost in another ghastly crash.
An eye witness, Okechukwu Nwankwo, who attributed the accident to brake failure, said the victims were in the lorry when it skidded off the road and emptied its contents on the road.
He said, “The conductor of the lorry loaded with empty crates of beer from Ogbo tomato axis of the road started signaling other vehicles to make way for it due to faulty brake failure before it finally crashed into the drainage.”
While thanking God that no life was lost in the incident, Nwankwo said all the occupants sustained various degrees of injuries.
He called for ban on heavy duty vehicles from operating during the day to minimize number of casualties recorded during such incidents.
The Nation gathered that the victims, three men and a young lady were taken to St. Charles Borromew hospital for treatment.
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