An eye witness said the
lorry driver was shouting from afar to alert people that his breaks were
faulty, only for the vehicle to slam into a spot where people were gathered,
killing a nine year old girl on the spot.
The nine-year-old girl was crushed
on 10th August 2015 at Afor –Nkpo- New Tarzan axis, near Onitsha,
Anambra State by a liquor haulage van, which injured 24 others.
The girl was said to be
returning from an errand when she met her death as her body had been deposited
at Eyi Enu Hospital Mortuary, Ogidi.
The eyewitness said: “The
driver could not control the situation and he immediately jumped out alongside
the conductor. The lorry hit one L300 inside the waterway; smashed the little
girl and rammed into a hair-dressing saloon.” The lorry also trapped an aged
man under its tyre, while the owner of the hair dressing saloon managed to run
away, leaving her five-year-old child behind.
The lorry, with number
plate XA424-AAH (Anambra) had full load of lager beer beverage at the time of
the accident. The eye witness said that the people around managed to pull the
old man out of the tyre, with his legs shattered, while the five- year-old
child was rescued unhurt
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