Tragedy struck at the weekend in Aba, Abia State, when one of the bales of second-hand clothes popularly known as okirika, being con­veyed by a cargo truck fell off and killed a wom­an.

It was gathered that the truck was conveying the bales of used clothes from a warehouse in the city to Ngwa Road market when the incident occurred.

According to sources, the driver, identified as Ogbonnaya, was negotiat­ing a bend into the mar­ket through one of its en­trances, when the bale fell off the truck and hit the woman.

The victim, whose iden­tity could not be ascer­tained immediately and was said to have come to the market to make some purchases died on the spot.

A source said: “Nobody knew who she was when the incident occurred, but since she was not identi­fied as one of the traders in the market, it means she could be one of those who came to that section of the market to buy second-hand clothes in commercial quantity.”

The body of the vic­tim was later deposited at an undisclosed mortu­ary, while the truck driver was arrested by policemen from Ndiegoro Police Di­vision.

The state command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Geof­frey Ogbonna, could not be reached for comments, but a senior police officer confirmed the incident and said the police had com­menced investigations.


Source: Sun