Eighteen years old boy Rufai Usman has been crushed to dead by a fully loaded petrol tanker at about 8 am on Thursday in Lokoja Kogi state
It was reliably gathered that the fully loaded petrol tanker lost control when the brake failed and fell down at Felele junction thereby crushed the boy to dead.
Eye witness account disclosed that the accident occured around 8 am when people were struggling to board taxis that will convey them to their places of work.
It was gathered that the victim of the unfortunate accident whose mother fried beans cake (Akara) assisted his mother by taking the grinded beans and other materials needed to the junction ahead of the arrival of the mother to commence frying when the truck failed brake and killed him on the spot.
The victim Rufai Usman was said to have just secured admission into a national diploma of Kogi State Polytechnic but yet to resume due to covid-19 pandemic that stalled activities globally.
It was gathered that the victim’s mother age 41 years fainted when the news of the sudden death of her son whom she had been struggling to train through education reached her.
One of the resident of felele community Mr Moses Ajayi lamented that the persistent accidents at Felele was becoming unbearable, appealing to the government to find a lasting solution.
“It is unfortunate that Felele has become a centre of motor accident where vibrant people lost their lives . This year alone more than five major accident had occurred where many lives were lost.
” In fact if I have the means I will relocate from this area because this recurrent accident in this area is already fearful and worrisome”
