It was a bloody day this morning on the Calabar Federal Highways at the Murtala Mohammed Highway directly opposite Hyde Filling Station, adjacent to Dazell B’s Filling Station and beside NTA, Calabar.
A Dangote truck carrying cement leaving the town towards Odukpani junction bloopers his lane and ran into a Volkswagen car coming from 8Miles – heading into town.
The truck crushed the vehicle in that the two side doors on the Driver’s side got completely damaged, resulting to the Driver and Passenger’s airbags busting out accordingly as the car was smashed to a Signpost standing by the road side.
One police woman handling the case told Calabar Reporters that the incident happened in the late morning hours of the day and that it was the fault of the truck driver. “He completely missed control, left his lane, flee the high centre pavement and bashed into the running taxi at the other side of the road.”
According the police woman, one woman died in the process, while the driver and other passengers sustained high-level injuries and were rushed to the nearby Bakor clinic at Federal Housing Estate, Calabar.
The driver is said to be an indigene of Delta State with the Volkswagen Passat being the source of his livelihood. His vehicle’s number plate was boldly written as Cross River – BKS 709 AA. Meanwhile the number plate of the truck which model could not be recognised due to the accident was Lagos – XZ 273 AKD.
The half part of the truck was quickly removed from the to avoid more accident. Check out Photos from the accident below…
