Truck driver flees as woman, tricycle rider die in Umuahia accident ​

A tricycle relation and his pistillate passenger, connected Tuesday evening, perished successful a fatal roadworthy mishap on Umuahia-Ubani-Uzuakoli Road successful Abia State, aft a accelerated moving motortruck crushed the tricycle.

The incident, which happened astatine a unsafe junction popularly known arsenic ‘Sign Board’ on Ubani Market road, resulted successful the instant decease of 2 occupants of the tricycle.

An eyewitness, who simply identified himself arsenic Uche, said the motortruck was connected apical velocity earlier the mishap occurred, adding that interaction of the horrible mishap threw the tricycle nether the truck.

According to the eyewitness, the operator of the motortruck rapidly ran distant from the country aft realizing that the tricycle occupants were dead.

DAILY POST gathered that 3 akin accidents happened connected the aforesaid spot successful 2025, claiming galore lives.

Confirming the latest mishap to DAILY POST, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Abia State Sector Command, Ngozi Ezeoma, described it arsenic tragic and sad.

She reiterated the telephone for motorists and different roadworthy users successful Abia to adhere to roadworthy information rules to forestall avoidable losses.

Truck operator flees arsenic woman, tricycle rider dice successful Umuahia mishap ​