3 Persons Die After Concrete Mixer Truck Rammed Into Shop In Ebonyi (Photos)

<blockquote>Tension As Three Persons Die After Concrete Mixer Truck Rammed Into Shop In Ebonyi(Photo) <br><br>By Wisdom Nwedene, Abakaliki <br><br>Three persons died on Wednesday in an accident along Nwanwu Junction, Igbeagu along the Enugu Abakaliki Ogoja highway,9News Nigeria has learnt. <br><br>The incident, which happened just hours ago, also destroyed shops and properties.<br><br>According to eyewitness accounts, the crash was caused by a cement mixer truck that reportedly lost its brakes while descending from Nwezenyi.<br><br><br>Sources said the truck in an attempt to avoid colliding with a motorcycle rider emerging from Offia Oku Amachi Road veered off course and rammed into nearby shops.<br><br>The source said among the most affected were one drinking shop and two food vendors makeshift stalls which were completely destroyed in the crash.<br><br><br>The force of the impact left many victims trapped and injured, with emergency responders and bystanders rushing them to nearby hospitals for urgent medical attention.<br><br><br>Witnesses at the scene described it as horrific, with victims lying unconscious and properties reduced to rubble.<br><br><br>Community members have been thrown into mourning, with many expressing shock and calling on authorities to enforce stricter traffic safety measures, particularly on roads notorious for accidents.<br><br>It was a scene of sorrow. We can only pray that no more deaths are recorded, a source lamented<br><br><br>The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps in Ebonyi, Anthony Ogodo confirmed the incident.<br><br>He said: The unit commander at Igbeagu and the officers there got the information and rushed to the scene.<br><br>The crash happened around 11.20 hours in the morning. So, when they got the news, they rushed there immediately. It happened along the Ogojo Abakaliki trunk a road.<br><br>Ogbodo said the accident involved a Mercedes-Benz cement mixer which rammed into people at a local drinking joint and killed three people instantly.<br><br>He noted that the Road Safety officials took the corpses of the deceased to St Vincent Hospital in Ndubia.<br></blockquote>Source : <a rel=ugc href="https://9newsng.com/tension-as-three-persons-die-after-concrete-mixer-truck-rammed-into-shop-in-ebonyiphoto/">https://9newsng.com/tension-as-three-persons-die-after-concrete-mixer-truck-rammed-into-shop-in-ebonyiphoto/</a>
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