Nigeria, Feb. 28 -- Six people have been killed in a fatal road accident in Enugu State, South-east Nigeria.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the incident occurred at about 10 a.m. on Thursday along Agu-Abor Fly Over of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway.

The crash occurred near the popular Ugwuonyeama, where over 23 people were killed in a fatal petrol tanker explosion in January.

Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that the incident happened when a driver of a speeding truck, carrying vegetables, lost control and tumbled inside a ditch in the area.

A video clip and photographs circulating on Facebook showed the fallen truck lying on its side.

Various vegetables, such as carrots, and fruits scattered around the accident scene.

Some passengers were s...