Thursday, March 28, 2024

Woman Dies as Trailer Crashes into her Car

A woman, whose car was virtually crushed by an articulated truck loaded with stone chipping has died from the multiple fractures she sustained from an accident in Abuja on Monday.

The driver of the truck, whose brakes failed on Monday morning during the rush hour along the Mpape road in the Federal Capital Territory is reported to be on danger list following head injuries he sustained in the accident.

The accident which happened around 9 o’clock in the morning of Monday saw the flying truck which was heading down the Mpape road slope crash on about eight vehicles and injuring many people as it emptied its load of hard stone chipping on both by-standers and motorists.

Men of the Nigerian police, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and Vehicle Inspection Service (VIO) who were engaged in the rescuing the injured and those trapped in the wreckage of that vehicles would not speak to the Press.

However, a number of Motorists  who ply the route say such accident has happened more than five times this year, warranting many to ask the authorities to enforce strict vehicle maintenance  standard on the truck operators.

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The Mpape Tricycle Chairman, Onovo Fidelis in an interview drew the attention of the government on the bad condition of the Mpape road, adding that most of the accident that happened in Mpape was caused by the poor condition of the road.

Also, a resident of the Mpape community called on the attention of the trailer drivers to always check their vehicles properly before moving on the road so as to avoid future occurrences.

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