Man Dies After Falling From A Moving Vehicle In Anambra

In an accident involving two vehicles in Agulu, Anambra state, a man has fallen to his death from the moving pickup.

The accident occurred this morning, August 5, near Golden Tulip Hotels Junction, Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.

It was between a Toyota Highlander with enlistment number FGG33KJ and Hijet Daihatsu Pickup vehicle without a registration number.

The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Andrew Kumapayi said that the accident was allegedly caused by lane diversion.
A total of five men were involved in the accident, four of them were in the pickup vehicle and one in the Toyota Highlander.
Two of the men sustained injuries and were taken to St. Joseph Hospital, Adazi Nnukwu. The corpse of the dead was deposited at the same hospital.

Kumapayi said that according to eyewitnesses, four people were in the pickup vehicle, with two seated inside and two in the open back of the pickup. As both vehicles were trying to dodge the potholes on their lane, the pickup vehicle rammed into the Toyota and one of the persons inside the back of the pickup fell and hit his head on the road. Unfortunately, he didn’t survive.

Recall that Anaedoonline.ng reported that, Good roads are continually in demand all over the country but with a marked fervour in Anambra State. Alienated from the people at the inception of his regime, Dr Chris Ngige soon won the hearts of the people by delivering on durable roads. Mr Peter Obi, the first two terms Governor of Anambra State learnt the lesson of good roads the hard way, winning the second tenure with a slim 100,000 score after initially saying his priority was industries. And as at July 2020, the Willie Obiano led government has taken on a total of 202 roads, completed and ongoing; distributed at 77 roads in Anambra North Zone; 72 for the Central Zone and 55 in Anambra South Zone.

For the Willie Obiano administration, the hundreds of kilometres of asphalted roads it has done is a secondary matter; what is foremost is the impact the roads bring to bear on the socio-economic well-being of the society.

Engineer Marcel Ifejiofor, Anambra State Commissioner of Works, says the extent of road construction achieved by the present government is not to be measured in number of kilometres but in the nature of these roads. ‘If you’re doing a kilometre of road upland and another kilometre of road say in a swampy area, they’re not the same thing. In the swamp, you do sand filling and stone filling.’ He cited ongoing work at Onono, Nzam, Umueje – Anambra oil field and Ogwuaniocha as examples of capital – intensive road construction as a result of their riverine terrain.

Explaining further at an interaction with some media practitioners on Monday, July 6, 2020, the Works Commissioner said the height of sandfill on the Onono road was 4 metres; the 14-kilometre Nzam road would carry a bridge while the Ogwuaniocha road had 24 culverts. In the light of the peculiar scope of work and cost considerations brought about by the State’s varying topography, he maintained that it was more useful to assess achievements in road construction from the felt needs they addressed.

One of the considerations of the Obiano administration in the selection of new road projects is taking asphalted roads to areas where they had not existed before. A number of road works being undertaken by the State Government fall into this category. Nzam, headquarters of Anambra West Local Government has the unenviable distinction of being the only council authority without a tarred road. That is about to change. The 14-kilometre road leading to Nzam has recorded ninety per cent completion rate. Onono is another encumbered community whose citizens have to access their homes through Delta State. The area is now at the verge of being linked up with other parts of Anambra State with the asphalted road. Enugu – Otu, Eziagulu – Otu and Mkpunando are other communities that had not previously seen tarred roads. A 42-kilometre road connecting these communities has advanced to 21 kilometres.