JUST IN: Over-speeding bread van kills two aged women at Randa Ogbomoso
Ayoola TAIWO
Tragedy struck early Monday along Alao-Akala Memorial Highway, Randa area, Ogbomoso, Oyo state, as two middle – aged women were knocked down by a bread distribution van.
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Eyewitnesses told ogbomosoinsightonline.com that the van belonging to the producers of “Oluwabori Bread” with registration number Oyo AME 92 XB was on a high speed when the two women crossed the road and got knocked down.
“The two of them died instantly,” an eyewitness said. “The van was on a high speed they couldn’t have survived.”
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Another eyewitness identified one of the victims as a seller of a bean meal (Ekuru) at Osupa area.
Meanwhile, the vehicle was said to have failed to stop after hitting the unfortunate women and that it was motorcycle riders (Okada) that pursued him before the driver was caught.
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Men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) are said to have evacuated the remains of the victims.
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