A commercial mini-bus, a Toyota Picnic
with number plate KTU 175 DZ, crushed two children of the same parents
to death on Friday in Ita Oshin area, Abeokuta, Ogun State while they
were on their way to school.
The accident, according to an eyewitness, occurred at about 8am.
The deceased were female twins, named Adijat and Mutmainat Edunjobi, and they were eight years old.
Our correspondent gathered that the bus
driver, Adewale Ojo, who was speeding, lost control, ran over the
pupils, killing them instantly and injuring their 14-year-old brother.
The bus was said to be coming from Sango-Ota, Ogun State to Abeokuta when the incident occurred.
An eyewitness, a mechanic, said he and
other sympathisers took the corpses of the deceased and their injured
brother to the Neuro-Pyschiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, located about
500 metres away from the scene of the accident.
He said, “We heard a sound and we
quickly rushed down before we realised that a vehicle had knocked down
some pupils in school uniform.
“We immediately stopped a taxi and took
the children to the hospital and the nurses tried their best. But they
later confirmed that the girls were dead, while their brother was
responding to treatment.”
The Ogun State Sector Commander, Federal
Road Safety Corps, Adegoke Adetunji, who confirmed the accident, said
it was a lone accident in which the driver ran over the children.
Adetunji blamed the driver for dangerous driving, saying that he lost control and ran over the children.
He said, “We got the report of the accident, which happened around 8am, at Ita Oshin area of Abeokuta.
“We gathered that the Toyota Picnic bus
with registration number KTU 175 DZ was coming from Sango-Ota.” He said
that the driver of the vehicle, who tried to escape, had been arrested
by the police and taken to Lafenwa police station in Abeokuta.
The sector commander advised motorists against dangerous driving, saying they should put into consideration other road users.
source; punch news
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