Motorcyclist crushed, sons injured in Kwara

An Okada man, Baba Shadrach, was on Saturday killed and his two sons injured when a tipper carrying sand hit them on his motorcycle. It was gathered that the tipper’s driver was driving against traffic when he rammed into the victims in the Amoyo area opposite Anu Oluwa Filling Station in Ifelodun LGA. A witness, […]

An Okada man, Baba Shadrach, was on Saturday killed and his two sons injured when a tipper carrying sand hit them on his motorcycle.

It was gathered that the tipper’s driver was driving against traffic when he rammed into the victims in the Amoyo area opposite Anu Oluwa Filling Station in Ifelodun LGA. A witness, Mrs Omolola Awodibu, explained that the tipper’s driver left his lane and was driving against traffic. The wife of the deceased (Mama Shadrach) who was called to the scene, said her late husband was going to the farm with the children.

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She said, “We just finished our morning devotion before they left home. This is too much for me to bear.”

The state’s Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Stephen Dawulung, said he would get back when contacted.