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Saturday 25 July 2020

Woman Dies In Auto Crash In Onitsha

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A middle aged woman who was standing by the road side along the Nk­welle-Ezunaka 3-3 Road has lost her life when a lone motorist rammed into her killing her instantly.

Mr. Pascal A. Anigbo, the Sector Public Educa­tion officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), said at about 3.45 p.m. on July 22, 2020, a fa­tal lone road traffic crash (RTC) involving a Toyota Highlander with registra­tion number LSD931BL was recorded opposite Green Gate Estate, along Nkwelle-Ezunaka-33 Road.

He said the driver of the Toyota Highlander lost control of the vehicle due to excessive speed and rammed into the woman, who was standing by the road side, killing her in­stantly.

The body of the wom­an has been deposited at Apex Hospital Mortuary, Nkwelle-Ezunaka by the FRSC rescue team from Nteje Unit Command, while the driver was ar­rested by the Police and taken to 3-3 Police Station.

The Sector Command­er of Federal Road Safe­ty Corps Anambra State, Mr. Andrew A. Kumapayi, while sending his con­dolences to the family of the dead woman strongly warned drivers against speeding, especially with­in built-up areas.

Drivers, Kumapayi said, should always drive defen­sively while also applying common sense speed lim­its.

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