Tragedy struck today (Sunday, January 28) after a vehicle lost control at Regina Cieli junction, Awka, somersaulting several times, and and crashing into commercial motorcycle operators (Okada riders) waiting to lift passengers at the junction.
Two Okada riders were said to have died on the spot after the vehicle crashed on them. A woman and her child also reportedly died in the accident.
Men of the Federal Road Safety Corpse and eyewitnesses were ween assisting survivors to a nearby hospital.
Facts are still sketchy but reports have it that the vehicle tire had developed a fault abruptly leading to the fatal accident.