Five persons riding in a private car died at Ohodo in Igbo Etiti LGA of Enugu State on Thursday when their car brushed a cement truck and somersaulted.
An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said in Nsukka that the accident occurred yesterday.The witness said the Toyota Carina car, heading toward Nsukka, was overtaking the truck when they brushed and a 14-seater bus also ran into the car before it somersaulted.The witness said the three vehicles were heading in the same direction.
“It was as a result of overtaking and the stubbornness of the truck driver who refused to give way for the car to pass.
“All the five males in that Carina car died on the spot. Many passengers from the bus sustained serious injuries,” the witness said.
When contacted, the Commandant of the FRSC, Nsukka Unit, Mr John Eneze, confirmed the accident.Eneze said the dead were deposited at the Bishop Shanahan Hospital, Nsukka, mortuary while the injured were also rushed to the same hospital.
He attributed the accident to night travel and warned drivers to desist from such journeys in their own interest.
-Vanguard