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already drunk because he swerved off his
lane and broke into the second road where
two people were standing. The trailer hit
the two people and they died instantly,” the
source said.
Mr. Ambrose who recklessly drove a timber
trailer causing a collision killing two people riding
on motorcycle along Isikan road, the adjourning
street of Ondo road in Akure.
An eyewitness told our correspondent that a man
standing by the roadside close to a primary school
on the street was also affected by the crash.
The identity of the victims was not immediate
available at the time of the accident.
SaharaReporters’ correspondent learned that the
crash also caused damage on a section of the St.
Louis Primary School, in Akure.
The timber trailer causing the accident has a
Lagos plate registration number LAG XN 968
AKD.
Scene of timber trailer incident
A source said the driver is believed to have been
intoxicted while driving the empty wooden timber
trailer.
“I think the driver of the timber truck had
already drunk because he swerved off his lane
and broke into the second road where two people
were standing. The trailer hit the two people and
they died instantly,” the source said.
When contacted, Wole Ogodo, the Police
Spokesman in the State confirmed the ugly
incident to SaharaReporters during a phone
conversation, and added that the driver [Mr.
Amrose] of the trailer has been arrested.
Ogodo said Mr. Amrose could be charged with
murder after the investigation has concluded.
The bodies of the victims have already been
deposited at the morgue of the government
hospital in the State capital.
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