A household of eight who had been returning residence for New 12 months celebrations have died in a automotive accident at Amanwozuzu Junction in Ikeduru Native Authorities Space of Imo State.
The incident, which passed off round 3 p.m. on Friday, prompted unrest within the space.
Our correspondent who visited the scene of the accident noticed that the daddy of the household, who was transporting his spouse and kids in a Sienna car, rammed right into a stationary truck with bars.
Eyewitnesses and cops from the rescue mission mentioned the rod pierced the victims' our bodies they usually all died on the spot. They famous that the car was damaged to carry out the lifeless our bodies of the members of the family.
On the time of submitting this report, cops from Ikeduru Native Authorities Space Division had deposited the our bodies in a mortuary.
The Divisional Police Officer in control of Ikeduru LGA, Fortunate Ahiole, Superintendent of Police, mentioned the stationary truck was parked on the aspect of the highway when the driving force of the Sienna car crashed into it.
Ahiole mentioned: 'It's horrible. Eight died and we took them to a morgue. We needed to break the Sienna car to get the useless our bodies out. The rod pierced their eyes and our bodies and even the youngsters died.”
Nevertheless, an eyewitness mentioned the stationary truck blocked the highway with bars, noting that the tragedy might have been prevented had the truck not been parked on the highway.
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