MIRACLE: 9 Cars Badly Damaged, but None of 45 Passengers Killed in Delta
Not less than nine cars were involved in a multiple collision on the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Expressway in Warri, Delta State on Sunday, August 11, 2013.
Reportedly,
the crash occurred at about 1 p.m. at a roadblock manned by soldiers
involved in special security surveillance in the city.
It
was a miracle that no one died in the ghastly auto crash in which most
of the vehicles involved were badly damaged, but none of the 45
passengers was killed, and some who sustained injuries were rushed to
nearby hospitals for medical attention.
According
to an eyewitness, nine children were among the 45 passengers who
escaped death. The children were conveyed in a Toyota Camry car with
plate number, Delta EFR 785 AM.
It
has been also learnt that the collision occurred when the break of a
lorry loaded with sand failed and it ran
into other vehicles at the
checkpoint near the Ogunu flyover.
Speaking
on his miraculous escape, owner of the car into which the lorry hit,
Mr. Rowland Adejewhoro, said he lost control of his car when the lorry
suddenly slammed into it, pushing it to ram into the vehicle in front of
him, setting off a domino effect.
“How
we escaped unhurt is a miracle. I’ve never seen such an accident
before. I can only thank God for saving me because we could have been
crushed to death by the tipper. Imagine the children that were in my
car!” the man said.
In
his reaction, Transition Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area,
Dr. Austine Oroye, absolved the soldiers of any blame, as he said the
roadblock was legitimate.
Till
present moment, is was not possible to obtain any comments from
Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, Nigerian Army Effurun, Lt. Col.
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