TRAGIC: Commotion in Oyo as trailer kills young lady, injures others

by Tutu Akinlabi

The Eleyele area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital was yesterday the site of a gory scene as a lorry ran into not less than five people and subsequently crushed them.

Four of the victims were left critically injured while the last victim, a young lady, was reportedly crushed beyond recognition.

According to reports, the accident happened around 12:25pm some metres away from the Eleyele roundabout. The truck, marked XA 178 BDG and loaded with more than one hundred bags of cement was reportedly coming from the Dugbe end of the town before the accident happened.

When the driver could not control the truck, it ran into an 18-seater commercial bus, some motorcyclists and other passersby.

After crushing the victims, it headed to another storey building by the road side. But the locked iron gate of the house prevented it from going inside the building.

The remains of the young lady whose passports and other personal effects scattered on the road were left as people who could not withstand the gory sight ran helter skelter.

After a distress call to the Oyo State Mobile ambulance, it came and took the injured ones to the hospital. Though, the two drivers tried to escape, the people in the area chased and got them arrested.

In a related development, another truck that loaded scores of bags of cement also ran into a Church, Save and Serve, Eleyele just some close distance to the spot of the other accident.

An eyewitness said the truck was trying to ascend a hill when its brake developed a fault, turned back and broke the fence of the church. But, there was no reported casualty.

Residents in the area complained that trucks always have accident on daily basis because they carry more than the capacity of the truck.

Policemen were at the scene controlling vehicular movements to prevent traffic snarl.

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