Anastasia Okechukwu ReportingÂ
One person was declared dead, while four others sustained injuries in a road accident that occurred yesterday before the Ukpo Junction, along Onitsha-Nteje-Akwa expressway, Anambra State.
An eyewitness said the accident was a collision between a commercial Howo truck (10 tyres) with registration number: JUX 95 XA and a private Honda CRV with registration number: LFA 224 TN.
According to the eyewitness, the accident was as a result of loss of control by the truck driver who was coming on top speed and collided with the CRV driver who was about to enter Ukpo Junction, Punch news reports.
The acting Sector Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Anambra State, Margaret Onabe, who confirmed the accident, in a statement, on Monday, said that four male adults sustained varying degrees of injury and one male adult was killed, the driver of the CRV.
Onabe said, “Four male adults sustained varying degrees of injury and one male adult was killed, the driver of the CRV. The probable cause of the fatal road crash was speed, loss of control by the truck driver.
“The crash victims were rushed to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka.
She also said that at the time of filing the report, the dead victim was still trapped under the truck and efforts were being made by the FRSC personnel at RS5.33 Nteje Unit Command to remove the trapped body.