On Friday near New Tarzan Motors at the Upper Iweka Junction on the Onitsha-Owerri Road, Anambra State, a fully laden truck carrying baskets crashed, spilling its cargo.
According to a witness, the event took place when the motorist was having difficulty on the difficult section of the road.
Although no lives were lost, the incident resulted in gridlock as drivers and other road users fought to get through the last stretch of the road in order to continue their journey.
Some of the eyewitnesses who contacted with our correspondent claimed the vehicle was coming from the Oba end of the motorway and was headed towards the Main Market in Onitsha.
“The driver of the truck was navigating through the bad portions of the road when he lost control. The overloaded items it was carrying also contributed to the fall of the vehicle as it loses balance easily.
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“There was no loss of life, as pedestrians and tricycle operators who were near the truck as of the time of the incident, had quickly escaped to safety before the truck finally fell,” a source said.
“This section of the road is in bad shape as heavy duty vehicles always find it very difficult to navigate through. The topography is also poor, there is urgent need for relevant agencies to look into the situation.
“Heavy-duty vehicles are always badly slanted each time they move at this place and that is why they fall at every slight mistake.”
The eyewitnesses lamented that no relevant agencies came to control traffic as motorists and pedestrians battled the gridlock all through the night.
As of the time of filing this report at about 9:52am on Saturday, the truck was still on the road with its spilled content without any rescue operation.
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