Trailer Driver Crushes Two To Death, Injured Victim Amputated In Oyo
No fewer
than two people have lost their lives in a fatal autocrash along the
Ijebu-Ode/Ibadan Road in Oyo State.
One other
person was also injured during the incident which occurred at Idi Ayunre area
of Oluyole Local Government Area of the state.
Council Chairman,
Engineer Akeem Olatunji, who confirmed the incident, said one of the dead
victims died on the spot while the other one died while receiving medical treatment
in the hospital.
Olatunji explained
that the accident involved a trailer belonging to Kulum Quarry, located at
Olohunde Ige Village, lost control and in the process crushed three people.
The council
boss added that the limb of the third victim was amputated.
He, however,
appealed to the angry youths in the area who had staged a protest and barricade
the road, assuring them that his administration would leave no stone unturned
to bring the driver to book.
Olatunji promised
that he would work to ensure that the company compensates the families of the
victims while asking the youths in the area to remain calm and desist from any
act of indiscipline.
