By Damilare ADELEYE
A family of eight believed to be travelling for Christmas holidays have lost their lives in an auto crash at Amanwozuzu junction in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo state.
It was reported that the tragic incident, which happened at about 3pm on Friday, has thrown residents around the scene into a sad and gloomy mood.
Eyewitness disclosed that the driver of the car suspected to be the father of the family rammed into a stationary truck that was loaded with rods.
The rods pierced the body of the occupants of the car, killing the eight of them on the spot.
Lucky Ahiole, Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ikeduru Local GovernmentArea, said his team had to break into the car to retrieve the corpse which had been deposited at a mortuary.
He said: ”It is terrible. Eight died and we have taken them to a morgue. We had to break the sienna vehicle to bring out the dead bodies. The rod pierced their eyes and bodies and even the children died.”