By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

No fewer than four hawkers plying their trade around the Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State, have been killed in an auto crash.

Information has it that the accident occurred when a truck moving from Onitsha to Asaba suddenly developed brake failure and ran into the traffic, smashing vehicles along its lane, including an Asaba bound commercial vehicle.

Though a number of vehicles were involved in the accident, a source said hawkers in the area were the worst hit as they lost four persons.

Our source said: “The truck lost its break and ran into the traffic, smashing several vehicles.

“It smashed an Asaba-Onitsha bound Mitsubishi L.300 bus, at Niger Bridge, Onitsha. At least, four persons, all hawkers, were killed.”

The Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission was yet to confirm the accident at the time of filing this report.

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