Along Enugu/abakaliki
express way, a truck crushed down one family, with no survival
People were left in a state of
shock after a father and three, children was crushed down by a truck driver, in
the middle of the road that leads to Enugu/abakaliki express way
43-year-old young man, a well
none business man and family, was crushed down by a truck driver, identified
only as Abbey, whose vehicle had brake failure.
The young man, whom the victim
worked with, Frances, told Punch Metro that he was with the deceased and some
passengers when the incident happened.
He said, “When we crossed the first police check point, there was a traffic jam because of people that wanted to alight from another bus; I was in the middle lane when I heard a sudden bang. Our vehicle was hit by a truck from the back. The hit made my bus to turn around and face another lane.
“I don’t know how my conductor
fell from the bus. I saw him lying lifeless where the tanker had killed him.
“About three other people that
sat at the back sustained injuries and when they saw that the conductor was
dead, they simply went their way.”
The deceased’s wife chioma kingly
said she was feeling uneasy but didn’t have an idea of what happened.
“People had heard about the
incident in our compound, but they didn’t tell me. The driver told me that they
were in front when the tanker hit their vehicle by the side.
“I was told that my husband was driving very normal when the tanker
driver hit him; he fell from the vehicle and my children was still inside the
vehicle something in the tanker hooked his clothes.
“He was struggling to unhook
himself; but because the brakes of the tanker had failed, the tyres crushed
him,” she added.
The widow lamented that the
deceased had been the breadwinner of the family, adding that he didn’t allow
her to work.
“His responsibility in the family
cannot be quantified because he was the only son of his family. He was the only
one taking care of our children. My first child is in a boarding school in Ondo
State. He is the only one that feeds us and pay for
accommodation,”
She pleaded for government help
and support of well-meaning Nigerians.
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