Tragedy, on Tuesday, struck in Cross River State when a Toyota Camry lost control and rammed into the crowd, killing about 15 persons while several others were injured during the Bikers’ Carnival held in Calabar, the state capital.
According to witnesses, shortly after the Bikers’ parade was flagged off about 5:00pm, one of the Camry on the parade, sped off from Eleven-Eleven Round-About along Calabar Road heading to Mary Slessor, one of the adjucation points, lost control and rammed into the crowd around the Central Mosque at Bogobiri and killed about 5 persons on the spot.
A witness further said after about 20 minutes of the the incident a other five gave up the ghost while others died on the way to hospital and a few died at various hospitals they were rushed to.
He said l those affected are some members of Hausa community, passers-by and shop owners who came for one business or the other around the Bogobiri axis.
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