A fully loaded fuel tanker, on Friday, rammed into cars and tricycles awaiting a traffic light signal around the Bishop Shanahan hospital area in the University town of Nsukka, VANTAGE NEWS reports.

An eye witness told VANTAGE NEWS that the driver of the trailer coming from the Ogige market axis and heading towards Total Roundabout failed to apply break of the heavy-duty vehicle and forcefully hit at cars and tricycles waiting for traffic light to signal for movement.

One of the affected Tricycle drivers, Paschal Ameh, told VANTAGE NEWS that the trailer on high speed rammed into him and every other tricycles and cars on the road.

He said, “what happened is that as I was coming down, the traffic light showed red, and I stopped together with some other tricycles and cars. Then this very big tanker was coming from behind with a loud horn. Before I knew what was happening, the tanker forcefully hit my Keke (tricycle) and I found myself close to the drainage with minor injuries.

“It is a miracle that I survived because my Keke (tricycle) tumbled and I thought I was going to die.”

Ameh, told VANTAGE NEWS that although no life was lost, some persons sustained injuries as a result of the crash and were taken to the nearby Bishop Shanahan hospital to receive medical attention.

VANTAGE NEWS learnt that the driver of the tanker immediately abandoned the heavy-duty vehicle and ran away after the accident.

A closer look showed that the tanker is leaky and still abandoned directly opposite the Kenechukwu Microfinance bank that shares a fence with Bishop Shanahan hospital as at the time of filing this report.

Source:

https://vantagenews.ng/2020/10/02/fuel-tanker-rams-into-cars-tricycles-in-nsukka-injures-many-photos/

the tanker driver was drunk or some thing ?? don't he see d red light ?