Six dead, five injured as trucks crush tricycles
Kingsley Ohens reporting
Six persons have been reported dead while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road accident in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The accident which involved a trailer conveying tiles, a lorry loaded with soft drinks, and two tricycles occurred at Oke Eleshin, Amuloko on Akanran Road, in the Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state on Monday morning, October 14, 2024.
The five injured victims were in the tricycles.
Among the injured was a pupil whose mother reportedly died.
Four of the injured who were conveyed to the Amuloko City Hospital nearby included two primary school children who were treated as out-patients while two with severe injuries have been admitted for proper treatment.
