12 Jambites Loss Their Life in Nnamdi Azikwe University Auto Crash On April 27th 2013

We just recieved a confirmed sad story that up to twelve (12) students had loss their lives in the heart of Awka, Anambra State when a tanker, which was carrying a palm kernel oil lost its brakes and rammed into the Bus, which was Park on the foot of the pedestrian cross of the popular Nnamdi Azikwe University also known as UNIZIK junction in the town.

We’re inform that several people who sustained different kind of injuries were rushed to various hospitals in the Anambra State capital for treatment.
The tanker, which was coming from the Enugu end of the Enugu through the Onitsha expressway, lost control as it was descending the Unizik slope, where the Tanker proceed to hit a bus loaded with passengers and then dragged the same bus into the very busy motor park where it damaged about seven other buses.
Among people who either lost their lives or sustained life challenging injuries were drivers, motor park operators and recharge card sellers.
The tanker, which somersaulted severally as it was hitting other vehicles, had its body cut into pieces and its contents spilled along the road and in the motor park.
We were informed that the impact of the summersault of the tanker adversely affected the beams of the pedestrian bridge, thus making part of the bridge to lose its alignment and stamina.
The accident, which happened at the time offices had closed for the day, because of an excruciating traffic jam on the road as many people stopped at the scene.
We’re also informed that Men of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, the Nigerian Army, the Police and other good spirited people volunteered their vehicles for conveying the wounded persons to the nearest hospital.
We also gathered that a similar accident happened on the same spot last year, which claimed five lives, but the only difference was that the one of last year did not get to the motor park.
Sympathizers at the scene of the accident yesterday said there is need, and a very fast one, to help relocate the various motor parks which have their loading bays beside the expressway to avoid such accidents in future.

May their soul rest in the bosom of the Lord.

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