Trailer Crushes Man To Death

A yet-to-be-identified man, on Sunday night, was crushed to death along MKO Abiola Way, Ring Road, Ibadan.


 An eye witness told the Nigerian Tribune that the unfortunate incident occurred about 7:48pm.

Accordings to Nigerian Tribune, the deceased was said to have wanted to cross the road close to the opposite a popular night club before Olusanya roundabou,t when his attire got hooked to the articulated truck loaded with goods.

 The man said to be of Hausa extraction was said to have been dragged by the trailer unknown to the driver for about 15 metres and died instantly on the spot after driver eventually stopped, close to the Olusanya roundabout.

 Two Hausa men around claimed to have known the deceased.

 The  police officers from Orita division were able to maintain peace after the incident and they also ensured free flow of traffic.

 The  mangled  body of the deceased was later moved away in a police van from the Challenge Command at 8.37pm.

 Some of the sympathisers wept on seeing the dÍsmembered body of the man whose identity could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.

 Four men believed to be among the Hausa natives around Dikkat-Ajeigbe helped in evacuating the battered body into the police van.

 The driver of the trailer is believed to have been with the police as the truck was left on the scene of the accident as of 9:00pm