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| The Accident Scene |
A man identified simply as Olatunji, looking forward to his child’s wedding on Saturday, speedily drove through the Yidi Road,
Ilorin, Kwara State, on his way to Asa Dam area of Geri Alimi to avoid
traffic hold-up at Taiwo Road, to ensure that all arrangements were
finalised before the wedding.
But the unexpected happened...
An eyewitness, said he (Olatunji) was in a hurry and at full speed, overtook a truck
belonging to a construction company working on the Customs Barrack Road,
near New Yidi.
But a taxi that was moving at a slow
speed was ahead of the truck and this made it difficult for Olatunji to
come in between the truck and the taxi.
Olatunji apparently trying to save the
precarious situation was said to have swerved to the first lane so that
he could quickly overtake the truck, but was unlucky as the truck hit
his black jeep, at the rear
from the driver’s side.
Learnt the Sports Utility Vehicle was said to have somersaulted, hit a street light, climbed the median and faced oncoming vehicles.
The driver of the truck said "You can see how far the truck’s tyres
dragged on the road trying to prevent the accident. I tried my best
possible but everything was caused by the impatience of the driver of
the jeep,”
Speed Kills be careful ...
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