Angry youths on Saturday reportedly set ablaze a truck belonging to Dangote company for allegedly crushing two people to death along old Ibadan road, Ijebu Ode area of in Ogun State.
It was gathered that the truck which belonged to Dangote Cement Factory, Ibese, in Yewa North Local Government Area of the state swerved off his lane and bashed into an Okada rider.
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta.
The incident according to reports happened on Friday, June 18 along Igbogila-Ilaro road. It was gathered that the two men were on a motorcycle, heading from Igbogila to Ilaro when the incident happened.
Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred at about 8 a.m and was caused by speeding on the part of the driver of the truck.
According to him, the truck driver ran over the moving motorcyclist while negotiating a roundabout.
He noted that the accident involved three males, the motorcyclists, the truck motor boy and driver.
”The truck was coming from Ago-Iwoye inbound Ijebu-Ode, when the driver due to speeding could not control the vehicle when it approached Ibadan roundabout .
“It ran over the motorcyclist who was trying to negotiate the roundabout as at that time and killed him on the spot.
“The driver was later apprehended after attempt to run away and was beaten mercilessly by the angry mob who also set the truck on fire.
“But for the intervention of TRACE, police, NSCDC and FRSC personnel, the driver would have been killed,” he said.
The TRACE spokesman further said that the driver and the motor boy had been arrested and taken to Igbeba Motor Traffic Division, Ijebu-Ode.
He added that the body of the deceased had been deposited at the mortuary of Femtop Hospital, Ijebu-Ode.
Akinbiyi urged drivers of articulated vehicles to maintain their vehicles, be more responsive when driving and avoid speeding, especially when approaching a bend and roundabout.
