No fewer than 18 persons are reported dead in an accident involving a trailer and nine other vehicles.
The accident occurred at Nkpor in Onitsha, Anambra State at about 8:10pm.
Available information had it that the trailer, bearing kerosene, lost control at the newly constructed bridge at Nkpor and rammed into nine other vehicles.
One of the vehicles the trailer rammed into was a 14 seater bus in the fleet of the Transport Corporation of Anambra State.
The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the accident.
The FRSC said rescue operation was ongoing as at press time and that total number of casualties could still not be determined.
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