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Road Accident Claims 5 Lives
By Mercy Titus
A fatal accident which occurred on Saturday, January 14
involving a Toyota Camry and a trailer at Oginigba, near Trans
Amadi Industrial Estate reportedly claimed five lives.
According to eye witnesses, the accident which occurred Opposite
Etema Filling station junction was caused by the driver of the
Camry who was coming with an excessive speed and failed to apply
his brakes quick enough at the trailer that was reversing at the
junction.
The brakes having failed him, the Camry was said to have landed
at a shop near the junction and in the process crushed two
persons whose names were given as Mr. Udoh and Madam May, in
addition to three persons in the Camry who died instantly.
The driver was said to have escaped with injuries and is now
being attended to in an undisclosed hospital.
Mr. Udoh, the deceased, was said to be coming back from his
boutique after closure of business, when the car rushed him,
while the late Madam May was at her restaurant the incident
occurred.###
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