Lorry smashes 9 year old to death at Onitsha and kept 24 injured

A nine-year-old girl was Thursday
crushed to
death at Afor –Nkpo- New Tarzan
axis, near
Onitsha, Anambra State by a
liquor haulage
van.
According to Vanguard, the
deceased was said
to be returning from an errand
when she was
hit by the vehicle.
Her remains had since been
deposited at Eyi
Enu Hospital Mortuary, Ogidi.
Eyewitness said the lorry driver
was shouting
from afar to alert people that his
breaks were
faulty, only for the vehicle to
crash into a
spot where people were gathered,
killing the
girl on the spot.

The eyewitness said, “The driver
could not
control the situation and he
immediately
jumped out alongside the
conductor.
“The lorry hit one L300; smashed
the little
girl and rammed into a hair-
dressing saloon.”

The lorry also trapped an aged
man under its
tyre, while the owner of the hair
dressing
saloon managed to run away,
leaving her five-
year-old child behind.
The lorry, with number plate
XA424-AAH
(Anambra) had full load of lager
beer
beverage at the time of the
accident.