By PAMELA EBOH Awka

Ten vehicles, including a Toyota Sienna, commercial buses and Tricycles were on Saturday crushed in the Upper Iweka area of the commercial city of Onitsha when a truck carrying a 40-foot container had brake failure.

Though no life was lost, four persons were said to have escaped with varying degrees of injury l.

According to an eye witness who simply identified himself as Tochukwu, the incident happened around 11:15 a.m. on Saturday.

He said the truck driver was heading towards the River Niger Bridge before the vehicle had brake failure and while the driver was controlling it, the vehicle veered off the road and rammed into Asaba Motor Park, near Ogura Road, by Upper Iweka in Onitsha.

The source said the truck hit over 10 vehicles, including a Toyota Sienna, commercial buses, and tricycles, before finally crashing into the wall of the motor park.

An eyewitness, who gave his name as Chijioke said: “We were fortunate that the accident did not claim any life. It would have been a serious calamity here today because there were many people at the park waiting to board vehicles.

“They fled as they saw the trailer dragging the other vehicles. Although, four persons who were waiting to board a vehicle were injured and have been rushed to the hospital. The vehicles rammed into them in the process.”

A visit to the crash site showed vehicles were still blocking the ever-busy Oguta Road, leading to traffic jam as other motorists managed to navigate through the remaining portion of the road.

Sympathisers were also seen around the scene.

Efforts to get the reaction of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) failed as calls to his mobile line of the acting Sector Public Education Officer of the state command, Margaret Onabe, did not connect at the time of filing this report.