By Mustapha Aleem
A silver colour Mitsubishi space wagon has on Thursday, reportedly killed a motorcyclist on the Orita-Gbemu junction in Osogbo at about 8:30am.
A source told our correspondent that the vehicle, which drove towards Gbemu from Isale Aro street, was intercepted and bashed from behind by a ‘Korope(cab) coming from the Oja-Oba axis of the junction.
It was also learnt that the woman, who was linked to the owner of star lotto, slammed on the clutch instead of the brake after her car was hit, which made car the assumed the position of a plane about to take off.
An eyewitness said that the traffic controller had stopped the cab to allow other vehicles from the other side move when the driver declined and rammed into the car, which was already in motion.
“I was standing here (at a kiosk on the popular junction) when I saw the car coming. I sensed danger so I changed my position and as if I was a fortune seer, the car veered from its usual position to where I earlier stood and every bike on that side of the junction got wiped.”
But he said when the car’s mouth was raised an unsuspecting un-comming motorcycle was hit and trapped under the car, which dragged the victim against the tarred road for some moments before it stopped.
“When we brought the man out, he had lost consciousness, so we poured some water on him before O’ ambulance was contacted. The ambulance team later took him to Asubiaro.”
It was learnt that, when the man was removed from the wreckage, some deep cuts were noticed around his kneel and other parts of his body, suggesting a possible fracture in the spinal cord and the skull.
However, he was confirmed dead at about 4:30 pm of the same day by the Asubiaro Specialist Hospital, Osogbo.
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