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A Lorry with Reg No XA 206 KPP late Wednesday night crushed a Mate 50 motorcycle rider with Reg No QL 500 UWN ridden by one Clement Odo ‘m’ aged 50yrs conveying a Pillion one Anayo Elinye ‘m’ aged 38yrs to death.
The Anambra Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed confirmed the incident in a statement to newsmen in Awka on Thursday.
He said the auto crash occurred at about 8:20pm along Ukwukpaka junction, Mbanakwa Okpuno Nnewichi in Nnewi North Local Government Area of the state.
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According to him, preliminary investigation revealed that the Tipper had a break failure while on motion rolled backward and collided with the said motorcycle.
“As a result, both the Rider and the Pillion sustained injuries and were rushed by police patrol team to Diocesan hospital where they were confirmed dead by a medical Doctor,”
Mohammed said the corpses were deposited at same hospital mortuary for postmortem examination.
He said the Tipper Driver is on the run, but effort is ongoing to apprehend and bring him to justice.