The Owerri-Oraifite-Onitsha route in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra, claimed the lives of three people in a multiple accident on Sunday, according to the Federal route Safety Corps, or FRSC.
Eight vehicles were involved in the multiple collision, according to Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, the FRSC Sector Commander in Anambra, who briefed journalists in Onitsha.
According to Irelewuyi, there were two Toyota Hiace business buses and three yellow tricycles without licence plates, as well as a commercial motorcycle without a licence plate.
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He claimed that two additional unregistered cars that were involved in the collision were a white Mack trailer and a navy blue Toyota Camry.
The commander determined that a loss of control brought on by break failure.
He claimed that an eyewitness claimed that while tax collectors were stopping tricycles to collect taxes, the Mack truck’s driver lost control of the vehicle due to a failed brake and collided with other cars.
“15 people were involved in the crash, five persons injured- three male and two female adults.
“Three persons were killed- two male, one female child and seven people were rescued unhurt.
“Passersby took casualties to the hospital before the arrival of the FRSC rescue team from RS5.36 Oraifite Unit Command Anambra,” he said.
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The sector commander continued, “It was a tense scene as a group of angry people and thugs arrived brandishing machetes and protesting the revenue collectors for causing the crash.”
Irelewuyi wished the injured victims a speedy recovery and expressed sympathy to the relatives of the deceased ones.
He also issued a warning to drivers, advising them to stop breaking traffic laws and to service their cars to the bare minimum of safety before getting behind the wheel.
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