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By NewsBits
More than 20 persons have been injured and many killed following public anger over a reported vehicular accident in Calabar. Commissioner of Police in the state, Balarabe Sule said, “I cannot confirm the actual number of the death presently, but I can confirm that over 20 persons have been injured.
“I have personally helped to evacuate a good number of the injured and some corpses to about three clinics in Calabar.”
Eyewitnesses said that more than ten persons including spectators at the ongoing Calabar Carnival were killed when a vehicle lost control and swerved into unsuspecting crowd at the Carnival.
