- Many Feared Dead, Youths Protest
BY BETI ONU /AWKA
MANY people were feared dead, on Sunday, in a ghastly multiple road traffic crash that occurred in Oba axis of Onitsha Owerri Road, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The Pointer gathered that the fatal crash, which occurred along the Onitsha— Owerri Expressway in the early hours of the day, involved no fewer than five motor vehicles, including tricycles and a trailer.
Videos from the scene of the crash, currently trending on the social media, also showed some corpses lying in their pool of blood along the road, while some others are still trapped under the trailer.
The videos also showed some tricycles that fell into ditch at the crash scene, with crowd of sympathizers trying to offer help, while also bemoaning the extent of the fatality that resulted from the crash.
Although the details and the actual cause of the crash are still sketchy, some the sympathizers were overhead in the video blaming, and attributing the crash to the activities of the touts in the area. “Oh my God ooo… See what these Agbero people (touts) are causing here… These Agbero! These Agbero!! These Agbero!!! Just behold someone’s child! Chaị!” one of the sympathizers was overhead lamenting in the video.
The crash, as was observed from the videos, has also caused serious traffic gridlock along the road, as many road users stopped-by to behold the scene.
Reacting to the incident, the Anambra State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), CC Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the crash, and further explained that it happened in the early hours of the day.
CC Irelewuyi, while noting that the details of the crash were still being gathered, however, revealed that some youths in Obawere protesting over the crash.
“Yes, there was a road traffic crash (RTC) at Oba along Onitsha-Owerri expressway earlier today. Details of the crash is still being gathered. Some youths in the town and others are allegedly protesting over the incident,” the FRSC boss wrote.
It would be recalled that three tricycles were similarly crushed, while three persons died instantly at the Onitsha axis of the Niger Bridgehead on April 4, 2023, when a truck rammed into a tricycles while trying to run away from group of touts and self-acclaimed revenue agents of the state government, who were chasing after it with long sticks.
