A terrible car collision along the Kakata-Red Light highway has resulted in the verified deaths of at least 11 persons.
Around 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 27, 2024, a Hyundai van collided with a broken-down truck transporting lumber close to Kingsville Number Seven.
According to reports, the truck’s operator left it alone after it experienced technical problems at around 2:00 am on Sunday. LPR Correspondent quotes an eyewitness as saying eleven of the 17 people on board were killed when the van, which was allegedly speeding, struck the abandoned truck.
According to witnesses, the six-wheeled Renault vehicle with license plate C31807 was hit by the gray van with the number B11663. The van became stuck beneath the truck as a result of the incident, and it took the work of another driver to release it.
The truck, driven by Abraham Kamara, was carrying 350 pieces of lumber from Nimba to Monrovia when it broke down, according to police records. According to reports, Kamara was making repairs prior to the deadly collision.
Tina Morris, one of the six survivors, who spoke from her home in Kakata’s Mandingo Quarter told local media she was still in shock after losing her husband and two kids in the collision. “I no longer have any hope for a better life. She struggled with her sadness and was nursing significant body pains from the tragedy when she said, “The pain of losing my family is too much to bear.”
The police, according to a commercial driver who frequently travels the Monrovia-Gbarnga highway, “do little to ensure public safety on the highways, focusing more on ticketing taxi drivers for minor violations than on regulating larger vehicles,” the driver said.
“Faulty lights on numerous vehicles, especially trucks, are one of the leading causes of nighttime accidents on this roadway, which make
In Liberia, road safety is still a major problem, particularly along the highway where many drivers frequently abandon their defective cars, resulting in fatal collisions.
