In the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo state, an automobile accident at the Amanwozuzu intersection claimed the lives of a family of eight who were returning home for the New Year’s holiday.
Anxiety has been raised in the neighborhood by the Friday event, which occurred at approximately three o’clock.
After visiting the accident scene, our correspondent learned that the father of the family, who was driving his wife and kids in a Sienna, collided with a halted truck that was transporting rods.
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Witnesses and law enforcement personnel involved in the rescue effort stated that the victims’ bodies were punctured by the rod, resulting in their instantaneous death. They also mentioned that the car had to be shattered in order to extract the deceased family members.
As of the time of filing this report, policemen from the Ikeduru Local Government Area Division had deposited the bodies in a morgue.
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ikeduru LGA, Lucky Ahiole, a Chief Superintendent of Police, said the stationary truck was parked at the roadside when the driver of the Sienna vehicle ran into it.
Ahiole said, “It is terrible. Eight died and we have taken them to a morgue. We had to break the Sienna vehicle to bring out the dead bodies. The rod pierced their eyes and bodies and even the children died.”
An eyewitness said that the accident may have been prevented if the stopped truck carrying the rods had not been parked on the road, but it was obstructing the route.
