A man, wife and their eldest son were, yesterday, crushed to death in an accident involving their ash-coloured Toyota Camry and a container-bearing truck at Agu Awka end of Enugu-Onitsha expressway. The family’s six-month-old baby boy, his four-year-old brother and seven-year-old sister, who survived, were in very critical condition and are receiving treatment at the Regina Caeli Hospital, Awka.
An eyewitness said that the driver of the truck, with number plates LSR 897XQ, ran away immediately the incident occurred.
According to the eyewitness, when people noticed the high speed with which the truck was moving, they started waving, trying to slow him down.The eyewitness added that it was a few seconds after that that he rammed into the car, which was heading towards Enugu.
The victim, Mr. Okechukwu Odinigwe, who died on the spot alongside his wife and the eldest son, hailed from Urunnebo village in Enugwu Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The three surviving children, two boys and a girl, were rushed to Regina Caeli Hospital, Awka, for treatment by men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.
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