Eyewitnesses disclosed that as a result of the accident, there was a traffic jam for a while and some level of confusion around the Owode-Ede market. A yet to be identified middle-aged man was crushed to death by a tipper at Owode-Ede on Friday.
According
to information, the accident occurred as the pedestrian attempted to cross the
busy Gbongan-Osogbo road at Owode-Ede when the incoming tipper ran him over and
dismembered him.
They also
disclosed that the driver and his conductor fled on sighting people thronging
the scene of the accident.
The Osun
State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Paul Okpe,
confirming the accident, stated that a casualty was recorded.
Okpe
explained that the remains of the pedestrian had been deposited at a morgue by
his men.
“There was
an accident at Owode-Ede. A tipper driver ran into a pedestrian who attempted
to cross the road. Our Emergency Team quickly rushed to the area and evacuated
the body to a morgue in the State.
“We learnt
that the tipper driver ran away. I think when he saw the crowd gathering, he
thought they wanted to mob him and ran away with his conductor,” he said.
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