About eight persons including students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, in Ondo state have been crushed to death by a truck.
It was gathered that ten others who sustained various degrees of injuries have been rushed to a nearby hospital for immediate medical attention.
Control TV gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday, 6pm to be precise.
The deceased victims have been taken to the mortuary of the general hospital.
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According to reports, the truck which was said to be coming from lkare Akoko, lost control due to over speeding and consequencially, brake failure, while descending a hill few metres to the university’s gate and rammed into the business centres, shops and buildings along the roadside.
”lt crushed all the students who were busy at the business centres, the passersby and other shop owners few metres away from the main gate of the university”, an eye witness said.
It was learnt that the students that were crushed to death while they were at the different business centres to make photocopies and type their assignments ahead of their examination.
A source disclosed that eight dead bodies were recovered from under the trailer by sympathisers while the rescue operation was still going on.
One of the students, Bolatito Arogundo, confirmed the incident and said the students were already preparing for their coming examination.
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She asked that speed breakers be installed on the road to slow down the speed of the motorists and caution them against reckless driving.
The student also urged truck drivers to always ensure that their vehicles were in good condition before putting them on the road.
The police image maker, Tee Leo lkoro, confirmed that eight dead bodies had already been recovered from the accident.
Ikoro also mentioned that evacuations were still on and that those injured had been rushed to the hospital.
The Adekunle Ajasin University spokesperson, Mr Victor Akinpelumi could not be reached as at the time of filing this report.
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