Disaster Averted In Jos As Truck Brakes Fail

What could have been a fatal accident in Jos, Plateau State that could have resulted in several deaths was averted on Saturday evening as a truck lost control at an intersection in the Plateau State capital.

The truck, according to eyewitnesses, lost control due to break failure before reaching the intersection and in the process hit two tricycles and two vehicles with the driver of the truck and two others sustaining injuries.

According to eyewitness, the truck, loaded with dog feed from the Grand Cereals factory was heading towards the city centre, but lost control before the interjection.

No human was hit as a result, as most people were either in their shops or not close to where it happened.

One of the passengers of the truck, Joseph Daniel, who was in the truck alongside three others, narrated to Channels Television what happened.

A victim, Na’allah Dati, who just left the bank, had mother luck on his side as the vehicle he was driving shortly after leaving the bank was shoved into a wall by the truck.

The accident occurred at the British/American Junction along Murtala Mohammed Way.

Residents have called on concerned authorities to regularly supervise the condition and ascertain the road worthiness of trucks plying the roads.