Open Grazing: Residents Protest As Stray Cow Injures 6 In A/Ibom

No fewer than six persons, including the driver, were injured during the morning rush hours on yesterday at Okon clan axis of Eket local government area as rampaging cow strayed out of the herds and rammed into a speeding car, rendering it a total wreak.
Effiom Samuel, an eye witness told our Correspondent that the accident would have been more fatal, but for the driver’s ingenuity.
“The driver was smart and alert. Instead of swerving to dodge one cow and hitting another vehicle carrying plenty passengers, he held the steering and took the hit. He saved lives, but his car was a total wreck by the impact of the collision,” he noted.
It was gathered that a stampede was averted as the ...