- Eyewitnesses said the rider of the motorcycle with no registration number was trying to overtake the commercial Mercedes Tipper with registration number XA158ZT when the tragedy happened.
A truck fully loaded with sand has crushed a yet-to-be-identified motorcyclist to death in Anambra State.
The incident happened around 11:30 on Thursday along Nteje-Umueri junction by Awka-Onitsha Expressway.
Eyewitnesses said the rider of the motorcycle with no registration number was trying to overtake the commercial Mercedes Tipper with registration number XA158ZT when the tragedy happened.
It’s gathered that three male adults and one female adult were involved in the crash, while one male adult was killed, one female adult was injured and two male adults were rescued unhurt.
Confirming the accident, the acting Sector Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Margaret Onabe, said the dead victim had been taken away by family members to the Aguleri community.
He disclosed that the driver of the tipper fled and abandoned the truck.
Onabe said, “The accident was between an unidentified driver of a commercial Mercedes tipper with registration number XA158ZT and the driver of the motorcycle with no registration number.
“Before the arrival of the FRSC rescue team from RS5.3 Nteje to the scene, the DTO team Oyi Division was on the ground. The dead victim was taken away by family members to Aguleri.
“The driver abandoned his tipper fully loaded with sand and ran away. The police are making efforts to tow the tipper.
“Three male adults and one female adult were involved in the crash.
One male adult was killed. One female adult was injured and two male adults were rescued unhurt.”
Onabe said the FRSC Sector Commander in Anambra State, Joyce Nnenaya Alexander, commiserated with the family of the dead victim.
“She admonished motorists to watch and be sure the road is clear before overtaking; be observant with their environment and always pay full concentration to driving,” Onabe added
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