Driver of killer truck arrested

The fleeing driver of a trailer that killed six persons on February 5 due to a brake failure has been arrested by the police.

The state police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed this to The Nation yesterday

The incident, in which one person also got injured, reportedly occurred at Moshalashi bus stop, opposite Mupin Central Mosque, Ota Road near Iyana-Iyesi, Ogun State. The female victim who was crushed with her daughter was a Ghanaian roadside provisions seller identified as Iya Kataya.

Other dead victims were said to include two commercial motorcycle riders and their passengers.

About three persons, The Nation learnt, sustained various degrees of injuries, including a Suya Meat seller at the bus stop.

Policemen attached to Onipan Police Station arrived on time to assist the injured persons to a general hospital and took the remains of the dead victims to mortuary.

An eye witness said the trailer which was carrying a container of corn load from a company’s warehouse and was heading to Agbara before its brake failed and the driver lost control.

Angered by the incident, miscreants in the neighbourhood were said to have mounted road blocks and smashed windscreens of other passing trailers . Others took advantage of the situation to rob motorists of their valuables.