Truck Kills Osogbo Motorcyclist
A commercial motorcyclist, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained was crushed to death by a truck carrying sand in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
According to report gathered, the accident which occurred on Tuesday along East Bye pass in Oke Osun Area, Osogbo led to panic in the neighbourhood.
A roadside corn seller, who claimed to have seen the accident from a close distance was distraught while narrating what she saw.
She said the driver of the truck fled the area shortly after the accident.
The Publication saw the corpse of the motorcyclist killed in the crash lying beside the road during a visit to the scene while the truck involved had also not been evacuated.
Another resident of the area, simply identified as Tajudeen, said the passenger being conveyed by the dead motorcyclist was injured and had been rushed to a hospital in Osogbo.
The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon in Oke Osun along East Bye Pass in Osogbo, It involved a truck and an okada carrying a man wearing a uniform.
The motorcyclist was killed on the spot. His lifeless body is on the ground there, while the officer who was wounded has been taken to a hospital in Osogbo here. The driver of the truck, immediately it happened took to his heels. It was a collision. I was not far from the scene,” Tajudeen said.
