The Enugu State Police Command has started full scale investigation into the circumstances that led to a multiple accident involving 16 vehicles in Enugu metropolis.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the multiple accident occurred on Saturday at about 5.30pm at the NNPC Mega Filling Station located at Naira Triangle axis.
The Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the development in a statement issued in Enugu on Saturday, said there was no life lost in the incident, though many vehicles were damaged.
According to Amaraizu, the multiple motor accident involved about 16 vehicles.
He said: “The incident was allegedly caused by a truck loaded with cement that had lost control and rammed into vehicles on the filling station queue waiting for their turn to get fuel.
“The prompt intervention by police personnel from New Haven Police Division saved what would have resulted into some aggrieved members of the public taking laws into their hands.
“The damaged vehicles are being removed for free flow of traffic and to avoid any other incident.”
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