Mob Vandalise Vehicles As Truck Crushes Lagos Students.

There was pandemonium on Tuesday when a truck driver crushed no fewer than 10 students on Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School Bus Stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the students were going home after closing from school around 2pm when the truck ran over them. The driver, who took to his heels after the incident, was caught at Aguda, about two kilometres from the scene of the incident by some students and youths who accosted him and later handed him over to the police. The truck, which was loaded with soap, was set ablaze. A student of Ojodu Grammar School, were the victims were coming from, claimed that 17 students died, while several others were injured.
“While commiserating with the bereaved families who lost their loved ones in the fatal motor accident, the Commissioner of Police appeals to sympathisers and other members of the public to allow the police carry out a thorough investigation and avoid seeking self help.”