A tipper truck loaded with sharp sand has crushed three victims along the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Road in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Eyewitness accounts said that the truck was descending the sloppy road from the Total Roundabout-UNN Road when the driver allegedly experienced brake failure leading to the fatal accident. Another eyewitness, who identified himself simply as Gabriel, said that the first victim of the accident was a plastic vendor, who he said, was crushed by the truck.
Gabriel said: “An okada man carrying two passengers saw the truck and jumped off his motorcycle. While the Okada man was saved, the truck also crushed the two passengers. The motorcycle was equally rammed beneath the truck.” It was gathered that about five vehicles queuing for petrol at an NNPC petrol station within the axis were equally damaged.
A driver of the UNN shuttle who escaped the accident narrowly said that it was only God who spared his life, adding that he alighted from his taxi to ease himself shortly before the incident. Also, it was learnt that so many others sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to hospitals within the vicinity.
Meanwhile, the driver of the truck was said to have escaped unhurt during the accident as his whereabouts are still unknown at the time of filing this report.
