A fatal accident unfolded on Friday near the PDP Road Junction along the Isaac Boro Expressway in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, claiming the life of one person.
The deceased, identified as the motor boy of a truck involved in the accident, lost his life in the collision with a tipper and a tricycle, commonly known as Keke.
Several individuals, including three female passengers, the Keke rider, and the truck driver, sustained injuries.
Personnel from the Federal Road Safety Commission swiftly responded to the scene, where they evacuated the victim’s corpse.
The incident led to a traffic jam as vehicles were restricted to one lane around the accident site.
An eyewitness, who chose not to be named, shared details of the tragic event to PUNCH.
He mentioned that the motor boy got trapped and was crushed under the truck after jumping down from the swerving vehicle as the driver attempted to regain control.
The eyewitness explained, “The driver of the tipper was trying to make a U-turn at the junction when the truck, coming on the same lane from the Opolo-Biogbolo side of the expressway, hit the tipper and the Keke.”
“Before he could stop here, the conductor tried to jump down, and where he fell, there was no space for him to escape to anywhere. So he died under the tyres.”
The tricycle rider, Survivor Melvin Goodnews, recounted the harrowing experience. He mentioned slowing down and waiting for the tipper to turn when the truck collided with his Keke, causing it to tumble.
“If the truck didn’t hit the tipper, it would have killed all of us because I was carrying three women inside my Keke, and one of them has a big cut on her leg,” he said.
While the tipper driver was not present at the scene, the motor boy, Eze Cashmir, explained that they were waiting for the other lane to clear after navigating a U-turn when the truck suddenly collided with their vehicle.
“As we were trying to turn, suddenly our vehicle started staggering, and I thought that my driver had climbed the median.
Then there was pressure. There was a hit, and we fell. I managed to come out from the window (of the fallen tipper). I managed to turn off the engine and looked for my phone and that of my driver,” Cashmir recounted.
