A young lawyer, Okechukwu, was killed in a tragic road crash in Anambra State after his vehicle hit an abandoned stationary truck on the road. The incident occurred along the Awka axis of the Awka-Enugu Expressway last week Sunday. His kinsman, Ugo, said the deceased thought the truck was moving but realized too late that it wasn't, leading to the fatal accident.
Residents of Anambra State are worried over the high rate of road crashes in the state. They are blaming authorities of the Anambra State sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps for these deaths, while others see Anambra State Road Traffic Maintenance Agency as being the problem, especially with their aggressive enforcement of road traffic offenders, which tends to push many into accidents.
A journalist, Mr Jude Atupulazi condemned the habit of leaving broken down trucks on the highway for days, without caution signs or even removing them. He called on the relevant government agencies, the FRSC and ARTMA to be alive to their duties, saying that such may cause avoidable deaths in the state. Atupulazi, who took to his Facebook page, further warned about another abandoned truck, not so far from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, close to Aroma.
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