EKPOMA – There was tragedy on Monday evening along Uhumudumun Road in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo state when a young girl suspected to be a student of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma was crushed to death by a Tipper Lorry.
Crowd of sympathizers gathered at the scene to catch a glimpse of what transpired while vehicular traffic was on a stand still for several hours.
An eye witness account revealed that a motorcycle popularly known as Okada carrying the young girl was trying to overtake another Okada when they collided with each another before the girl who was the passenger fell off to the road and was crushed to death by the moving Tipper.
Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Iruekpen Division who were on ground to ease traffic later took the lifeless body of the young girl to a nearby mortuary.
