The police spokesperson said that preliminary information revealed that the accident occurred along Onitsha-Enugu Old Road by Oye Agu Junction Abagana, when a Toyota Sienna vehicle carrying passengers en route to Lagos, had a brake failure and rammed into traders selling by the roadside at Oye Agu Junction.

Reacting to the accident, Ikenga said the state police commissioner, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, cautioned drivers/transporters to always do the necessary checks on their vehicle before driving.

Details of the crash are still not available, but sources said wares were damaged and many people may have also lost their lives.

A video of the incident which is currently on social media, showed the crashed Sienna vehicle and some of the traders who were believed to have been crushed to death