Wednesday, July 9, 2025 - A truck has crushed three students of Prospect High School and one commercial motorcyclist to d8ath in the Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The incident occurred on the Abanla–Idi-Ayunre road on
Tuesday morning, July 8, 2025 when the JSS students were going to school.
According to eyewitnesses, the driver of a commercial truck
operating along the axis rammed into the motorcycle carrying the three students
after a failed attempt to overtake another vehicle and crushed them.
The truck driver reportedly fled the accident scene.
“The commercial motorcyclist and two students died
immediately while the third student was eventually pronounced d3ad at a nearby
hospital where the student was rushed to,” an eyewitness told punch.
Another eyewitness, who did want her name in print, said,
“The truck fatally crushed the commercial motorcycle carrying the three
students, all at once. All of them including the rider are dead now.”
Witnesses further said that distraught students poured into
the streets shortly after the incident, blocking the road and demanding justice
and urgent government intervention.
It was learnt that other commercial motorcyclists and
residents joined in solidarity, condemning the recurring danger posed by
heavy-duty vehicles on the route.
The Council Chairman, Akeem Olatunji, who quickly rushed to
the scene, confirmed the accident.
While expressing deep sorrow over the loss of young lives,
the chairman condemned the recklessness of some trailer drivers operating in
the area and commercial motorcyclists in their rush for quick money.
He explained that if the commercial motorcyclists had
adhered to all necessary traffic rules, including the number of passengers
allowed, the rider would have been able to navigate and manoeuvre his way to
prevent the ghastly accident from occurring.
Olatunji, therefore, assured the families of the students that justice would be served on the case as the council would not leave any stone unturned to ensure that the driver was found and brought to book.
“This is one tragedy too many. I can only imagine what the parents and families of these future leaders are going through emotionally, psychologically and physically right now. I’m a father and I can tell it is better imagined," he said.
"We cannot continue to lose our children to preventable
road accidents due to reckless drivers and riders who are bent on violating our
laws at will,” he lamented.
He, therefore, directed that speed bumps be constructed on
the road without delay.
“We must take firm steps to slow down these trailers and
protect our people, especially schoolchildren,” he added.
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