A yet-to-be-identified number of persons were feared dead in Awka as a lorry conveying cattle rammed into vehicles at the Kwata traffic light.
According to eye witnesses, the lorry, with registration number ‘Plateau JJNN-59YZ’ lost control of its speed and rammed into more than five cars waiting at the traffic light on Friday afternoon, ABS reports.
Uncomfirmed reports also said that pedestrians, including those doing brisk businesses in the traffic were said to be among those that lost their lives, while some occupants of the truck also lost their lives.
It was gathered that about five cars involved in the mishap were damaged beyond repair, while bodies of the dead and injured have been taken away by men of the Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.
However, irate youths set the lorry and its contents ablaze.
