No fewer than two persons reportedly lost their lives on Thursday at Tipper Garage junction, Dutsen Makaranta Abuja, when a truck conveying sharp sand lost control.
It was gathered that the accident occurred when the tipper, coming from Ushafa axis, Bwari road had a failed brake.
Officials of the Federal Road Safety were just arriving at the scene of the incident when our correspondent got there.
Tipper Garage is known for similar accidents in the past and has been tagged an accident zone in the FCT
This results from regular U-turn by motorists.
The junction has become more deadly as motorists who buy fuel from a filling station near the junction prefer to drive against traffic.
All calls to the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC at the time of filing this report went unanswered.
[Daily Post]