Too Sad!! Trailer Crushes 3 In Ekiti To Death On New Year’s Eve (Read)

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Too Sad!! Trailer Crushes 3 In Ekiti To Death On New Year’s Eve (Read)

IDO Ekiti, headquarters of Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was thrown into mourning yesterday after a trailer crushed three residents to death.

The trailer apparently lost control at a major junction in the town at about 10.30 am killing two commercial motorcycle riders and a pedestrian.

The truck, said to be coming from Lagos, crashed into two moving motorcycles in front of Ekiti Parapo College, mowing down three residents.

Two others who sustained serious injuries were rushed to the hospital.

Ido/Osi Local Government Chairman, Ayodele Arogbodo, told reporters that the Divisional Police Officer of the Ido Ekiti Division and the Ekiti Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) promptly visited the scene to ensure free flow of traffic along that route.

Arogbodo said: “One of the ‘Okadas’ carried two passengers and another one carried three people. Three of these five persons died on the spot while the two other persons were critically wounded.

“I visited the scene this morning and those wounded are now at the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti and the mangled bodies of those who lost their lives have been deposited in the morgue in the same hospital”.

Arogbodo, who expressed sadness on the loss of the three persons called on motorists to always exercise patience while driving on the road to prevent loss of innocent lives.

A resident of the town, who preferred anonymity, attributed the accident to brake failure that occurred after the trailer driver realised that he was too close to the bikes of the victims.

He said: “the truck was moving down the hill when he drove very close to that junction. The driver wanted to apply brake but the brake failed and the two bikes were already at the centre of the junction when the truck climbed the median and ran over them.

“The accident would have been worse than that but there were few vehicles on the road at that time. Even those who were coming from Ido Ekiti and were quick to recognise that the truck had lost control had immediately stopped their vehicles to prevent being crushed.”