Truck crushes Okada rider, passenger to death in Ibadan

A commercial motorcyclist and his passenger whose names are yet to be revealed on Wednesday lost their lives during a fatal road accident caused by a truck driver in Ibadan.

Newsflash247 gathered that the duo lost their lives in the accident said to have been caused by the driver who was alleged to be making phone call while driving along Orita Challenge – New Garage area.

Sources at the scene of the accident disclosed that the Okada rider and the passenger were coming from Orita Challenge while the truck was coming from New Garage toward Orita Challenge Ibadan when he suddenly rammed into them and crushed them.

The duo were said to have died on the spot.

Some people including passengers inside a tricycle were lucky to escape after bein dragged some few metres away from the road by the truck.

The bodies of the duo who lost their lives during the accident have been deposited at Adeoyo Hospital by the men of the Nigeria Police, Orita Challenge Division.