FOUR NORTH CAROLINA UTILITY WORKERS WERE TRAGICALLY KILLED WHEN A DUMP TRUCK DRIVER DROVE THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND CRASHED INTO A CREW OF WORKERS.(PHOTO).

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 Four North Carolina utility workers were tragically killed when a dump truck driver drove through a stop sign and crashed into a crew of workers. This heartbreaking incident occurred at 1:23 p.m. on Thursday afternoon in Eden, North Carolina. According to reports, a City of Eden dump truck driven by 66-year-old Michael Vernon ran a stop sign at the intersection of Carroll and Church Street in Eden. After blowing through the intersection, Vernon struck 6 utility workers with Duke Energy who were working on power lines for Carolina Power and Signalization. The dump truck then struck an occupied bucket truck before going off the road into a ditch. Four of the utility workers were sadly pronounced deceased on the scene while 2 others were life-flighted to a nearby hospital in critical condition. The utility worker in the bucket truck was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  Michael Vernon was also taken to the hospital for minor injuries sustained durin...

ON THURSDAY EFCC WILL FLAG OFF THE NIGERIAN WOMEN AGAINST CORRUPTION LED BY AISHA BUHARI.{PHOTOS}

        The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,will on Thursday ,December 7 flag off the Nigerian Women Against Corruption,WAC,project at the International Conference Centre,Abuja with the aim of engaging women across the country in a nationwide sustainable fight against corruption.According to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC,Ibrahim Magu,the epoch-making event,which is in collaboration with the office of the wife of the President would be flagged off by Her Excellency Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari beginning at nine o'clock in the morning.''The choice of women is strategic,because we belive that they are torch-bearers in the anti-corruption crusade,and it is because of the important role they play in making the society a better place'', Magu said.He further added that: ''The WAC project is aimed at galvanizing Nigerian women to buy into the corruption fight and also to raise the consciousness of the consequences of corruption in the minds of their households''.The WAC programme,which is coming up two days before the twenty sixteen International Anti-Corruption Day celebration,has Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar {retd},Nigeria's first female Chief Justice of Nigeria as the guest speaker.The project will further be taken to the grassroots through the states and local governments across the country.More photos below.

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