UNDERGRADUATE KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE, TRUCK CRASH
An eyewitness, Bamgbose Omobola said that over speeding of the tricycle operator was what led to the accident, adding that the lady, who was said to be in the Faculty of Science of the university, died immediately the accident happened.
“The lady was coming from GTB bank at Ajibade where she went to paid her school fees, phone her bag was recovered and this was what make it easy for us to get in touch with her parents, the two other victims who had fractures in their head and leg had been taking to the hospital for treatment”.
Penpushing further reports that, another eyewitness, Adelowotan Adelani said that the accident won’t have occurred if the truck was not parked beside the road, calling on government to henceforth discourage such parking of trucks beside the road
“The tricycle route was from Orita Merin to Sango, this accident would have not occurred if the waste disposal truck was not packed beside the road side, we are appealing to the present and the incoming government in Oyo State to stop these truck from evacuating refuse and packing on the road side’.
‘The government should bring back the waste bin we are using before, whereby waste basket has been put beside the road for the people to dump their refuse there. Oyo State government should look for another way of evacuate refuse instead of using these truck and people should also stop dumping reduce on the road side again”.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the State Olugbenga Fadeyi said that, he could not established if the dead as an undergraduate, adding that information available to him showed that, she was working with Interest Day Cooperative and Investment Limited, Polytechnic, Ibadan.
Penpushing also reports that, the police spokesman said the corpse of the victim has been deposited to Adeoyo Hospital, Ring road, Ibadan while the other two injured victims who identity is yet unknown has been taken to hospital for treatment.
