Sunday, 5 November 2017

Brake Failure: Four crushed, 10 injured by a trailer in Ibadan

According to report, four person were crushed to death yesterday in Ibadan when a truck conveying sharp sand reportedly suffered brake failure along the Moniya-Iseyin road.

At list ten persons also suffered varying degree of injuries while five motorcycles and three tricycles were destroyed beyond repair. The victims included a motorcycle operator, a woman, an under aged boy and a trader at the Moniya butcher market.

While all the victim met their misfortune at the point of during business, the under aged boy was on an errand to purchase vegetables at the market. The driver of the truck was set to have escaped from the scene of the incident unhurt.

The casualty figure would have been higher but for a member of the transport union unit at the moniya garage who alerted people to scamper to safety following th haphazard manner the truck was descending the hilly road.

According to report the driver was struggling to gain control of the truck suspected to have left a garage within the moniya axis.

Police Public Relations officer, Oyo State Command Adekunle Ajisebutu said the erring driver of the tipper has been arrested and the truck has been moved to the station for VIO inspection.


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