A vulcaniser, simply identified as Bolaji, has been killed by tyres from an articulated vehicle in front of his stand, at Fakunle Area in Osogbo, Osun State capital.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the accident occurred at about 7.00 a.m. on Saturday after loose stray tyres from an articulated vehicle knocked him down and broke his head.
An eyewitness, who was lucky to have escaped being knocked down by the tyres, explained that the two tyres, attached to a rim, bounced over his head and knocked down the vulcaniser, who was standing in front of him.
He said the tyres later bounced off, after hitting the vulcaniser, to knock down a woman that was selling food close to the vulcaniser, and her daughter.
“I and my friend Murphy were gisting with the vulcaniser, where he was brushing his teeth with a chewing stick before a woman that was travelling to Ore/Ondo called him for directions.
“It was while giving direction to the woman that the tyres flew off from the vehicle, knocked him down and killed him instantly.
“If he had not gone to attend to the woman, he would not have been hit by the tyres,” he said.
NAN reported that the witness, and other commercial motorcyclists, later chased after the trailer driver, who veered into Ataoja Police Station in Osogbo after sensing danger.
It is reported that the driver is now being detained by the police at the station, with the vehicle.
However, the other two persons knocked down by the tyres had been taken to Osun State University Teaching Hospital, where they are reported to be recuperating and treated.
The late vulcaniser’s corpse is also said to have been removed by his family members.
The State Police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, could not be reached to comment on the incident as at the time of filling this report.
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