Tears rolled down every face on Nov. 26, at Nkpor in Onitsha, when four persons, including two uniformed policemen and a road-side vulcaniser, died in a fatal motor accident involving the convoy of a bank bullion van and other commercial vehicles.
The ugly incident happened at New Auto Tyres Market, and it involved five vehicles, including two Mack trailers, bank bullion van, Toyota Hilux van escorting the bullion van, a Mercedes 911 and a Chevrolet bus.

The bullion van and the Hilux van heading towards Awka were on high speed when one of the bullion van’s tyres burst open. The driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a moving Mercedes Benz 911 lorry with registration number Delta XA 928 ASB and shattered the lorry, removing the two front tyres and other components of the lorry, forcing it to fall into the drainage.

The Hilux van with registration number AA 87 BZ, carrying some policemen escorting the bullion van, while trying to dodge the bullion van, hit the back of a stationary Mack trailer by the road and smashed the front side of the vehicle, killing the two of the policemen on the spot and leaving others in critical conditions.

The moving Mercedes 911, also hit by the bullion van, hit another stationary trailer which hit the Chevrolet bus before they all rolled into the drainage.The bodies of the deceased were later taken to a mortuary while the injured were taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention.