No fewer than 18 travelers were feared dead when a heavy duty truck, on Thursday morning, rammed into commercial bus on the Umuahia-Enugu axis of the Port Harcourt-Enugu Highway.
Reports said that the accident occurred at a police checkpoint around the Lokpanta area of Abia State.
Reports further said that the 18-seater commercial bus was at the checkpoint awaiting police clearance before a truck driver apparently lost control, and rammed into them killing the driver and all the passengers.
An eyewitness reportedly said: “The road is blocked by protesting bus drivers and other motorists who are asking that the policemen who caused the accident be brought back to the scene.
“Colleagues of the bus driver and other road users have taken over the road, demanding justice for the victims. They vowed to remain there until Governor Alex Otti comes to speak to them.”
