A PREGNANT woman and three others were crushed to death in Aba, Abia State, while fifteen others sustained serious injuries when an articulated vehicle lost control last Friday smashing over 10 vehicles, including tricycles, in the process.
In another tragic development, 15 persons collapsed as a result of suffocation caused by fumes from a generator during an inter-denominational fellowship at the Young Peoples Christian Fellowship located along Eziukwu, by Milverton road Aba, Abia State.
The victims of the fellowship are said to be all indigenes of Arochukwu Local Government Area in the state.
It was gathered that the vehicle with registration number Rivers: BER 27 XA, with the inscription, Kirby Farms, was coming from the Akwa Ibom State end of the ever busy Ikot Ekpene Road when the accident happened around 7pm.
The accident occurred when it was descending the Ogbor Hill slope, developed faulty brake system and as the driver lost control, the vehicle which was loaded with stone chippings, smashed over 10 vehicles and tricycles before veering off the other side of the road where it used two commuter buses as wedge.
Source:Vanguard
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