Fallen tree kills woman, injures 10 others in Ilorin
Tragedy struck on Monday morning in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, when a big tree fell and killed a woman, injuring 10 others.
The deceased and the injured persons were waiting by the roadside beside Baystar petrol station in the Zango-Kulende area, opposite Oke-Andi junction, Ilorin, to board commercial vehicles to their various destination before the tree fell.
The incident which occurred at about 8 a.m., threw the area into confusion as the woman reportedly died on the spot.
DAILY POST reports that the tree cut electricity cables and destroyed shops.
Some shop owners in the area and a vulganizer known as Malam Abdulrasheed, escaped death as they were yet to open for business at the time of the incident.
The injured victims were rushed to a private hospital, Olutayo Clinic, behind the Baystar petrol station.
Some of them were treated and discharged, but those in critical conditions were referred to the Government General Hospital and the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Oke-Oyi.
Saw millers were engaged to clear the fallen tree and the other.
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