An 18-year- old boy, identified as Rufai Usman, was on Thursday crushed to death by a petrol-ladened tanker in Lokoja, Kogi State.
According to reports, the petrol tanker had a brake failure and fell down at Felele junction, a development that led to Rufai’s death.
According to an eyewitness, the accident occurred around 8 am when people were struggling to board taxis that will convey them to their places of work.
The victim, whose mother fries beans cake (Akara) at the junction, was assisting his mother to take items needed to the area ahead of her arrival when the incident happened.
Rufai was said to have just secured admission into a national diploma of Kogi State Polytechnic but was yet to resume due to covid-19 pandemic.
The victim’s mother, 41, was said to have fainted when heard that a tanker had just crushed her whom she had been struggling to train in school.
A resident of Felele community, Mr Moses Ajayi, lamented that the persistent accidents at the Felele area was becoming unbearable, and appealed to the government to find a lasting solution.
“It is unfortunate that Felele has become a centre of motor accidents where vibrant people lose their lives. This year alone more than five major accident had occurred where many lives were lost.
“In fact, if I have the means I will relocate from this area because this recurrent accidents in this area are fearful and worrisome,” he said.
