Tragic Incident: Multiple Fatalities at Police Checkpoint in Abia
Reports indicate that a devastating accident claimed the lives of 18 travelers along the Umuahia-Enugu section of the Port Harcourt Enugu Highway during the early hours of Thursday morning.
The tragic incident occurred near a police checkpoint in the Lokpanta area of Abia State.
An 18-seater commercial bus, waiting for police clearance at the checkpoint, was struck by a truck whose driver had lost control, resulting in the deaths of all passengers and the bus driver.
An eyewitness named Bananas Okereke, speaking to The Nation, described the scene as bodies of the victims remained scattered at the crash site at 8:20 am.
He mentioned, “The road is currently obstructed as protesting bus drivers and other motorists demand the return of the policemen involved in causing the accident.
“Fellow...