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JUST IN: Police arrested Ekiti truck driver for crushing two policemen

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JUST IN: Police arrested Ekiti truck driver for crushing two policemen

Police have arrested a truck driver for crushing two policemen who lost their lives on Monday in the Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.

According to PUNCH, the truck driver rammed into the officers while they were riding a motorcycle to work on the dualized Ado-Iworoko Road at a location where traffic was being diverted for construction.

An eyewitness who spoke with newsmen alleged that the truck driver was to blame for the collision that took the lives of the officers.

The eyewitness said, “The policemen were coming towards the heart of the town while the truck was going towards the direction of Iworoko when the driver suddenly crossed to their lane due to the road diversion and crushed them.”

“The policemen were on their lane, it was the truck driver that was negotiating a diversion placed on the road by the construction company rehabilitating the Ado-Iworoko-Ifaki Road by turning to the left side and overran them.

“We learned the two of them died. The driver of the tipper has been arrested while the corpses have been deposited in the morgue at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.”

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ekiti State Command, Olusola Joseph, who corroborated the police spokesperson, cautioned drivers plying all roads in the state to control their speed to curb senseless carnage.

Joseph said, “Our drivers must be safety conscious. Some of these untimely deaths could have been prevented if we were cautious and careful on the roads. I appeal to our people to always keep to the highway safety precautions for the safety of lives.”

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