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Truck kills boy in Ondo
An eight-year-old boy, identified as Khalid, was on Saturday evening killed by a truck in Owena town, in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The boy who was said to be hawking pap when the truck lost control, rammed into the little boy and killed him on the spot.
The incident occurred as a result of brake failure as the driver struggled to control the vehicle.
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An eyewitness explained that the truck was moving at a fast speed, but by the time the driver tried to apply the brake, he noticed that the brake was no longer working and hit the boy.
It took the intervention of some travellers and sympathisers to remove the body of the young boy from under the truck.
Angry youths from the town who had mobilised themselves were prevented by men of the Nigeria Police and Army from lynching the driver and setting the vehicle on fire.
Men of the State Police Command from Idanre, however, took the corpse of the young boy to the mortuary while the driver was also arrested.
Truck kills boy in Ondo
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