Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Anambra State Police Command has said that six persons were killed in a fatal accident in Onitsha the commercial town of the state.
According SP Haruna Mohammed, PPRO, Anambra State Police Command, “Today being Tuesday 9/6/2020 at about 10:am a 20ft Container Truck with Registration No.UMA 259 XB loaded with cartons of Solar keys and bags of Rice driven by yet to be identified man loss control while in motion along Enugu/Onitsha Expressway by old defunct NITEL Onitsha.As a result,the truck fell down on Six tricycles and two Sienna buses.”
He said Police operatives attached to CPS Onitsha quickly mobilised to the scene and rushed Twelve victims to Toronto hospital where the doctor confirmed Six persons dead on arrival while Six others are responding to treatment.
Meanwhile, corpses have been deposited at the mortuary for postmortem Examination and obstruction cleared to enable free flow of traffic.Case under Investigation to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.
The Command urged the public whose relations were not seen to check at Toronto hospital Onitsha for possible identification of the victims.