By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

A 13 years old girl was on Wednesday swept away by flood in Awka, Anambra State, while trying to rescue a wheel barrow.

The teenager whose guardian is food vendor alongZiks Avenue, Awka, was said to have missed her step and fell into the flood in an effort to rescue the wheel barrow, which was being carried away by the flood.

According to a source who witnessed the sad event, the girl was immediately swept away by the fast-moving tide of the flood, and her body was eventually found down the road.

The source toldNews Express: “The girl was trying to rescue their barrow, which was being swept away by flood. They were two girls, but one of them, who was the eldest missed her step and fell into the drainage, and was immediately swept away.

“People around the area rallied round and rescued the girl in a drainage down the road, but before then, she was already dead.

“The woman she was helping was wailing helplessly under the rain, and everybody pitied her. From what we gathered, she was not the mother of the girls, they were girls who were helping her in her shop.

“She kept lamenting, asking herself what story she would tell the parents of the child. It was such a horrible sight.”

Ziks Avenue, which is in the heart of Awka is always a red spot anytime it rains,