By Peter Onyekachukwu 
By Peter Onyekachukwu
At least four persons lost their lives while three others sustained serious injuries in a crash involving an articulated truck near the Second Niger Bridge in Delta State on Monday.
The injured victims were taken to St. Rebecca’s Hospital near Mammy Market for treatment.
Confirming the incident, the Delta State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Frederick Ogidan, attributed the crash to excessive speeding by the truck driver.
“Four persons confirmed dead, the vehicle involved is not a Dangote but a BUA truck that carries cement. It’s unfortunate that the crash occurred in that very good part of the road; it shows that the driver was probably over speedy and lost control,” Ogidan said.
Eyewitnesses, however, claimed that the truck, which was laden with cement, collided with two other vehicles before toppling over.
“We saw a truck carrying cement that was on high speed trying to navigate through the bridge, but couldn’t control it, and it eventually fell. The truck crushed two other vehicles and many people died, others sustained serious injuries and were rushed to St. Rebecca’s hospital along Nnebisi road in Asaba,” an eyewitness recounts.