The accident scene. Photo: Ogbonnaya Ikokwu
A heavy-duty trailer loaded with iron rods crashed into the perimeter fence of the Federal Medical Centre in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, in the early hours of Thursday.
PUNCH Online gathered that the crash occurred after the trailer lost compression while climbing a hill along the Umuahia–Ikot Ekpene Expressway.
The incident happened near Finbarrs Road, close to the Abia State High Court, causing a major traffic gridlock along the busy expressway.
The trailer driver, who declined to give his name, said the accident occurred at about 2:00 a.m. Related News Abia inaugurates anti-corruption steering committee One dead, many trapped as Rivers five-storey building crumbles Impostors posing as NDLEA agents land in Abia police net
