Truck crushes two UNN undergraduates in Ekiti

Tragedy struck Ikere-Ekiti, headquarter of Ikere Local Government Area Sunday evening as two undergraduates were crushed to death in an accident involving a truck and a motorcycle.

The victims whose names were given as Ojo Hezekiah Abidemi, (25) and Ojo Ayomide (21), were students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, running a degree programme at the College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, affiliated to the UNN.

Eyewitnesses said the victims who were on a motorcycle were travelling to Akure, the Ondo State capital to see their parents when the accident happened.

According to them, it took the prompt intervention of some individuals to stop irate youths from setting the truck ablaze.

“The two students were on a motorcycle and were going to Akure when they collided with a truck and died on the spot.

“The victims had branched to buy fuel at a petrol station and when they left and entered the road, a moving truck which was on a high speed overran them and the two died instantly,” the eyewitnesses said.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, also said that the victims were killed by a moving truck and their bodies had been deposited in the morgue.

“It was sad and unfortunate that two young men could be killed due to avoidable accident.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that it was a case of collision and we appeal to motorists and other road users to always exercise restraint on roads,” Abutu said.

He also said that the driver of the truck had been arrested and detained by the police.