Truck Driver in Hot Pursuit by ‘Revenue Collectors’ Involved in a Fatal Accident

An accident has occurred along Asaba/Onitsha expressway by Coca Cola market after a truck driver lost control while being chased by some revenue collectors stationed at Onitsha head bridge.

The driver of the truck which was loaded with timber, 25-year-old Michael Chimezue Okorie met with the accident at about 4:am on the 6th of December, 2020.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, who stated that the accident involved a Mercedes Benz 911 Lorry with Registration No ACA -178-XA loaded with timber and driven by Michael who is from Oduma in Aninri LGA of Enugu State.

As a result of the impact, the driver of the lorry became unconscious and was rushed to Toronto Hospital by Police Patrol team attached to Okpoko Division where he was confirmed dead on arrival by a medical doctor on duty.

Part of the statement reads ‘Corpse photographed and deposited at the same hospital morgue for postmortem examination.

However, following the incident, aggrieved youth in their hundreds went on a rampage and blocked the highway, setting bonfires on the road, but were later persuaded to disperse through the joint efforts of the Police, Union leaders and State Government Officials.’

The Commissioner of Police, John B Abang has ordered a full-scale investigation and has assured the public that the perpetrators would be arrested.