Anambra Driver Escapes As Crashed Truck Catches Fire

Category: Bizarre News

A yet-to-be-identified driver on Sunday escaped death by a whisker after crashing his truck along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Anambra State.

The driver was using the truck to convey foreign woods to a destination in the state when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle and crashed.

It was learnt that the impact of the crash which occurred opposite the Zim Zam Hotel, around Enugu-Agidi Junction, created a fire that engulfed the truck.

According to an eyewitness, the fire started around 2.29pm, and it razed the truck and the goods worth millions of naira in the truck.

In a bid to salvage the situation, it was learnt that eyewitnesses at the scene of the crash alerted the state fire service to the incident.

Confirming the incident, the state fire chief, Martin Agbili, in a statement, said following a distress call, the agency deployed its fire-fighters and fire trucks to salvage the situation, adding that no casualty was recorded.

He also said the driver of the truck lost control of the truck, adding that in the process, the truck crashed and got razed by fire.