At least 12 persons were killed yesterday in Awka, Anambra State
capital, when a tanker carrying palm kernel oil lost its brakes and
rammed into a Bus Park just at the foot of the pedestrian cross at the
popular UNIZIK junction in the town.
Several people who sustained various degrees of injuries were rushed to various hospitals in Awka for treatment.
Men of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, the Nigerian Army,
the Police and other good spirited people volunteered their vehicles for
conveying the wounded persons to the hospital.
Eyewitnesses said the tanker, which was coming from the Enugu end of
the Enugu –Onitsha expressway lost control as it was descending the
UNIZIK slope and hit a bus loaded with passengers. It then dragged the
same bus into the busy motor park, where seven other buses were damaged.
Drivers, motor park operators and recharge card sellers were said to
be among the victims of the accident; some lost their lives, while
others sustained injuries.
The tanker somersaulted several times, hitting other vehicles as its
body cut into pieces and its contents spilled along the road and in the
motor park.
Sympathizers at the scene of the accident yesterday advised the
government to relocate the various motor parks which have their loading
bays beside the expressway to avoid such accidents in future.
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