bus crutches two children in Ogun

Two children of the same parents were on Friday
crushed to death on their way to school by a
commercial bus in Ita Oshin area of Abeokuta.
The accident, according to an eyewitness,
occurred at about 8am while the children were on
their way to school.
It was gathered that the bus lost control and ran
over the students, killing two of the children who
were twins and injuring the third, an elder
brother.
The eyewitness, a mechanic, said he and other
sympathisers took the corpses of the 8-year- old
twins and their injured 14-year-old brother to the
Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Aro.
He said, “We heard a sound and we quickly
rushed down before we realised that a vehicle
had knocked down some pupils in school uniform.
“We immediately stopped a taxi and took the
children to the hospital and the nurses tried their
best.
“But they later confirmed that the girls were dead
while their brother is responding to treatment.”
Mr Adegoke Adetunji, the FRSC Sector
Commander in Ogun, who confirmed the accident,
said it was a lone accident in which the driver
ran over the children.
Adetunji blamed the driver for dangerous driving,
saying that he lost control and ran over the
children.
“We got the report of the accident, which
happened about 8am, at Ita Oshin area of
Abeokuta.
“We gathered that the Toyota Picnic bus with
registration number KTU 175 DZ was coming
from Sango,” he said.
He said that the driver of the vehicle, who tried
to escape, had been arrested by the police and
taken to Lafenwa police station in Abeokuta.
The sector commander advised motorists to
always avoid dangerous driving, saying they
should also put into consideration other road
users.