Three persons including two policemen and a commercial bus driver were crushed to death by a truck along the busy Benin-Auchi Expressway, Ekpoma in Edo State.
It was gathered that that truck fell on the victims when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps and some policemen it was said arrived at the scene shortly after the accident, condoned off the area, and took some other injured policemen away for medical attention while the remains of the deceased were taken to an undisclosed morgue.
The Edo State Police spokesman, Mr. Kontongs Bello, confirmed the incident.
Kontongs denied speculations that the policemen were on illegal stop and search duty when the accident occurred.
“Yes, that is true. Nine policemen and a civilian driver were involved in the accident last Friday.
“The policemen had stopped to greet somebody when a trailer that was passing fell on them,” he said.
