Ten persons reportedly lost their lives at Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, following ghastly motor accident that occurred around 9.30am yesterday close to the popular Nyanya Tipper Garage, which involved a truck belonging to a soft drink company and two others belonging to a construction company.
According to eyewitness accounts, the accident occurred after one of the truck fully loaded with clippings had break failure while descending the Kugbo hill, lost control and hit several other vehicles.
“It was at that process that the second truck, which was equally loaded with chippings, ran into the soft drink truck, which was as well loaded with crates of drinks and some other vehicles and fell inside Tipper Garage and empty its content.” an eye witness said.
Confirming the incident, Nyanya Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Micheal Agu, said the actual number of the casualties could not be ascertained, as rescue operation was still ongoing. He, however, stated that many people who were affected had been rushed to both Nyanya General Hospital and the Asokoro District Hospital.
Two soldiers who were controlling traffic after the first accident were said to have died on the spot after the second truck lost control and hit them.
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