No fewer than 10 market women were on Saturday afternoon reportedly crushed to death when a truck rammed into Nkwommiri market in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State.
Many others were also injured by the truck which lost its brakes while descending from Anara road towards Orlu.
The women who were trading by the roadside, were crushed into a nearby river. An eyewitness told newsmen that the community was working with government officials to rescue those trapped.
One of them said the community was working with government officials to rescue those trapped.
See photos from the accident scene below:
