Eight people travelling home in a Sienna car for the New Year celebration died in an auto crash at the Amanwozuzu junction in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident, which happened around 3 pm today, December 29, 2023 became a source of sadness in the area as the deceased were said to be members of one family. Eyewitnesses at the scene of the accident said that the father of the family who was conveying his wife and children in a Sienna car ran into a stationary truck carrying rods. It was a horrifying sight as the rods pierced the bodies of the victims and all of them died on the spot. According to the eyewitness, policemen and indigenes broke the vehicle in tears to bring out the lifeless bodies of the family members.