…. As five persons confirmed dead, including a lecturer from lmsu
Chigozie Uzosike, Owerri
About 20 people have been hit by a moving trailer at the ever-busy Imo State University (IMSU) junction in Owerri after the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle on Saturday night, leaving five people dead instantly.
According to an eye witness report who spoke to Investigator News stated that the incident occurred around 7pm on Saturday night with a heavy duty truck driving against traffic and eventually rammed into three mini buses with full load of nine passengers each.
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Already, some of the victims have been rushed to the Federal University of Technology Hospital Owerri (FUTHO), and some were rushed to Federal Medical Center, Owerri for treatment
Reports has it that five others are confirmed dead, including a lecturer from Banking and Finance department,lmo state university and had been deposited at the morgue.
Meanwhile, scores of people have besieged FUTHO and FMC to look for their relatives who were not picking their phone calls as heavy traffic gridlock had surfaced on the busy Okigwe Road as people rushed to the accident scene while the affected vehicles were blocking a major part of the road.