About eight travellers lost their lives in a ghastly auto crash at Umunya section of Onitsha-Enugu expressway on Saturday.
The accident involved two trailer trucks, one Jetta Sienna bus, one black Toyota car, all reportedly damaged.
According to a motorcyclist who eyewitnesses the incident, one of the trucks involved, lost its break, while traveling from Onitsha to Enugu.
The man who identitied himself simply as Ikechukwu said: “I was waiting for passenger when I suddenly saw a trailer coming from Onitsha with full speed. Immediately it got closer, the driver couldn’t hold the break, thereby ramming into an oncoming trailer and a bus loaded with passengers.”
One of the survivor who was too dazed to speak was quoted as saying that their vehicle was on its way to Enugu when suddenly she heard a big bang and all she she could remember was blood, passengers and their traveling bags littered everywhere.
Some of the injured passengers were said to have been moved to a hospital, while the corpse of the dead among them were also deposited in an undisclosed hospital.
Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) Anambra State Command were seen at the scene carrying out rescue operation as well as trying to clear the road for travellers.
