Nigeria, March 17 -- At least six persons were killed in a fatal road accident in Onitsha, a community in Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State, south-east Nigeria.

The incident occurred at about 9 p.m. on Saturday in Upper Iweka Axis of Onitsha.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the accident happened when a truck suffered brake failure and consequently rammed into two tricycles and a commercial loaded with passengers in the area.

Witnesses said the truck also rammed into pedestrians, including roadside beggars and hawkers, suggesting that more people may have died in the road crash.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of p...