It was a collision between two vehicles, a commercial Howo truck with registration number: JUX 95 XA and a private Honda CRV with registration number: LFA 224 TN.
According to eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident, the crash occurred when the driver of the CRV was about to enter Ukpo junction and collided with the truck which was coming out from the junction at speed.A statement on Monday by the Acting Sector Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Anambra State, Margaret Onabe, indicated that five persons were involved in the crash.
Onabe said, “Four male adults sustained varying degrees of injury and one male adult was killed, the driver of the CRV. The probable cause of the fatal road crash was speed, loss of control by the truck driver.