60-year-old woman killed as truck crushes commercial buses

There was pandemonium at Oke Fia area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital when a goods-laden truck lost control and crushed two commercial buses and four other vehicles. Our correspondent gathered that although the occupants of the vehicles escaped with varying degree of injuries, a woman of around 60 years of age was unlucky as she was crushed to death. Eye witnesses told journalists at the scene of the accident on Thursday that the truck was ascending the hilly section of the road but could not make it to the top and instead the vehicle started rolling backwards. One of the eyewitnesses, Mr. Waheed Mohammed, said four passengers were injured in the accident which happened on Wednesday evening.

He said the truck which was loaded with various household items was going toward Iwo and the driver lost control while ascending the hilly road. Mohammed added that the driver made efforts to control the truck but he did not succeed and in the process, it crushed the woman who jumped out of one of the commercial buses and tried to escape. Mohammed said, ” The scene was a gory one. The trailer was ascending the hill but could no make it to the end. The trailer started coming back and passengers in the buses behind it noticed this and they jumped out and fled.

” Some of them hid inside the drainage but one woman was not that lucky- the truck ran over her head. She died on the spot.” Another eye witness said policemen arrived at the scene promptly and towed the truck and the damaged vehicles away. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, confirmed the accident when contacted on the telephone. She said the remains of the woman had been deposited in the mortuary while the police had begun investigation into the accident. She urged motorists to always ensure that their vehicles were in good condition before putting them on the road. It will be recalled that a fuel laden truck fell on a mini commercials bus in Osogbo in September but no live was lost in the accident.