By Ifeanyi Iheakanwa
Four persons were said to have died after a truck collided with a fully-loaded mini-bus along Akabo axis of Okigwe road in Imo state.
The truck whose driver was said to have escaped was reportedly set afire by angry mob around 9pm on Friday.
An eyewitness said the mini-bus driver who was a woman as well as three passengers died on the spot while others sustained various degrees of injuries.
An indigene of Akabo community who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity said the woman driver was trying to overtake the truck when it kissed the heavy duty truck from behind which forced it into the bush.
“The mini-bus was fully loaded and the woman driver, on trying to overtake the truck enroute Owerri, the car hit it from behind and tumbled into the bush.
“Two other vehicles were also affected by the rolling of the car but passengers in those vehicles did not sustain any injury.
“Four persons including the woman driver died instantly and others sustained severe injuries. One had his head severed off. The man is from Amatta in Ikeduru LGA.
“It was later at night that unidentified mob stormed the accident scene and set the truck on fire. It was terrible.”
A bus driver said the vehicles involved in the said accident had been tolled by the police remaining the truck which was burnt to ashes.
