7 MONTHS BABY SURVIVES AS TRAILER CRUSHES FAMILY OF THREE IN ANAMBRA

A fatal accident that occurred in Awka, the capital of Anambra State, has claimed the lives of three in a family of six.

The accident, which occurred on Sunday at the Immigration Junction, along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway near Amansea, involved a trailer, heavily laden with brick in a 40-feet container and a Toyota Camry vehicle.


The Occupants of the car were Mr and Mrs Okechukwu Odinigwe of Uratta Village, Enugwu-ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State with their four children on their way to Enugu, but the Immigration Junction was where that journey ended for the couple and their first son.

According to eye witnesses, the trailer was descending from Arroma, en-route Enugu and was being hotly pursued by officers of the Civil Defense Corps, when the unfortunate incident happened.

Coincidentally, three children, including a seven-month-old baby of the dead couple, survived the accident.

From the Road safety officials, it was gathered that the surviving victims had been taken to a nearby mission hospital while the dead – the man, his wife and their first son – had been deposited at Anambra State Teaching Hospital Mortuary.

At the Emergency and Accident Unit of the mission hospital, the three children were being attended to. Their cries of pain rent the air.

The seven months old baby had cuts on the head and other minor injuries in the body, while the other two, aged between six and four years, were also not fatally wounded.