FRSC confirms one death, eight injuries in Anambra multiple crash

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed that 1 idiosyncratic died, portion 8 others sustained injuries successful a multiple-vehicle clang astatine Agu-Awka, Immigration Junction, on the Awka-Enugu Expressway.

The crash, which occurred astatine astir 8:45 a.m. connected Saturday, progressive a Sinotruck trailer, a Toyota Camry and a TVS commercialized tricycle.

The Sector Commander, Corps Commander Bridget Asekhauno, said preliminary investigations pointed to excessive velocity and inadequate operation informing signs arsenic suspected causes of the crash.

According to her, an eyewitness said the trailer was descending a slope erstwhile the operator noticed a diversion motion and attempted to determination into different lane.

“The trailer reportedly collided sideways with the Toyota Camry, which subsequently deed the tricycle from behind, portion the trailer somersaulted,” she said.

Asekhauno said 9 radical were progressive successful the crash, with 1 confirmed dormant and 8 others sustaining varying degrees of injuries.

She added that 5 of the injured victims were taken to infirmary for aesculapian attention.

The assemblage commandant said FRSC rescue unit arrived promptly to negociate postulation and wide the obstruction caused by the crash.

“The punctual involution ensured the clearance and reopening of the blocked diversion way ...