Trailer crashes, kills woman on Anambra road

At the Upper Iweka, by Obodoukwu junction, of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, Anambra State, a trailer pulling a 40-ft fully filled container has fallen.

The trailer was moving toward Onitsha’s major market while carrying auto parts.

The collision involving the trailer and two tricycles resulted in the death of one victim, a female. It happened late on Thursday.

According to an eyewitness, the trailer’s driver lost control while navigating road’s potholes, rammed into a tricycle at the front, and the container it was carrying fell off and landed on another tricycle that was picking up passengers by the side of the road, instantly killing a woman who was already seated inside.

The source said, “As the driver of the trailer was navigating through the potholes, he lost control of the vehicle and hit a tricycle in his front, and the container it was carrying fell off from it and landed on another tricycle loading passengers by the roadside.

“Three persons were already seated inside the tricycle, while two others immediately escaped, the woman could not as the container fell on her and killed her instantly. It took a lot of rescue efforts before the body was removed from under the container.”

Due to the incident, traffic in the surrounding region became very congested as commuters and drivers struggled to use the remaining section of the route.

On Friday evening, despite the area being completely gridlocked, the contents of the container were still being loaded onto another truck that was stopped in front.