4 Kwara Poly students killed as epileptic driver crashes into trailer after seizure

Date: 2018-03-18

A taxi driver suffering from epilepsy reportedly rammed his cab into an oncoming trailer, which ran over the taxi and instantly killed all five occupants, including the driver in Ilorin, Kwara State on Saturday.

It was gathered that the four other victims were students of the Mass Communications Department of the Kwara State Polytechnic, said to be returning home after finishing their examinations.

They were said to have boarded the taxi from the polytechnic gate to Oke-Ose area, on the outskirts of Ilorin, where the students reside.

The victims had reportedly said they would travel to Lagos on that fateful day to meet their families, having completed their examinations.

Eyewitness accounts said that the driver was seen behaving strangely behind the wheel after he took off from the polytechnic gate, and had to force the cab to a stop, a development that prompted the students to disembark from the cab.

However, following the interventions of passers-by and other colleagues of the driver, the students agreed to continue the journey.

The driver was also reported to have said he would go home and take care of himself immediately he dropped off the students.

But after driving for a few kilometres, it was gathered that the driver suffered a seizure, while the taxi was on top speed.

The cab, which lost control, initially hit a vulcanizer's machine, which was by the roadside, before it swerved to the other side of the road, this time in front of an oncoming trailer, which crushed all the five occupants.

It was wailing all the way, as sympathisers used an axe to cut through the squeezed taxi cab to remove the remains of the students and the taxi driver.

The corpses had been deposited at the nearby University of Ilorin Teaching hospital mortuary.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ustaz Yunus Abdulkadir, confirmed the incident, and described it as very unfortunate.

He, however, confirmed three of the victims, as students in the Mass Communications department, adding that the institution was already making arrangements to inform their parents.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Al-Hikmah University     Pius Abioje     Suleiman Abubakar     New Naira Notes     Ajuloopin     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Orire     Afonja Descendants Union     Alabere     Rabiu Kwankwaso     KWTV     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Millennium Development Goals     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Idi-Ape     March 28     Aso-ofi     Sola Saraki University     Moro     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Susan Modupe Oluwole     2017 Budget     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Quarry Royal Valley     Sanitation Exercise     Towoju     Najim Yaasin     New Model Police Station     Boko Haram     NYSC     Haliru Dantoro     Hijaab     Suleiman Ajadi     Ekiti     Ibrahim Mashood     Dauda Adesola     Owo Isowo     Omupo     Oyelere Oyinloye     Galadiman Ngeri     SSUCOEN     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Hamidu Olowo     Bashirat Bola Bello     Awoye     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Suwa-Arabs     MMWG     Laduba     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Isau     Harrison Osauwagboe     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Ballah     Henry Olaosebikan     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Suleiman Idris     Olayinka Are     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Federal Allocation     Kwara Pdp     Minister     Abubakar Atiku     Stephen Fasakin     Noah Yusuf     Abubakar B.M     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Babajide Ajayi     Saheed Popoola     N-Power     Olokoba     Onilorin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Alore     Cornelius Adebayo     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Asa LGEA School     Taofik Abdulkareem     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Kale Ayo     Bello Oyedepo     Kwara State Sports Commission     Rachael Obisesan     Florence Saraki     Erin-ile     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Galadiman Ngeri     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Maja     Suleiman Mora Omar     Ghali Alaaya     Balogun-Ojomu     College Of Education     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Abdulkareem Alabi     Saka Saadu     Sulu Gambari     Peter Obi     Radio Kwara     Kumbi Titiloye     Bolaji Nagode     Isiaka Oniwa     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Apado     Tunji Folami     Funke Adedoyin     Maigida Soludero Transit     Frootify     AbdulQowiy Olododo     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Emmanuel Bello     Kwara United     Baakini     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Mohammed Ibrahim     Mujtabah Bature     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Allocation     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     EndSARS     FOMWAN     Ibrahim Mashood     Hauwa Nuru     Tunde Yusuf     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Idofin     Royal FM     NAWOJ     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Modibbo Kawu     MalHub     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Kunbi Titiloye     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     David Adesina     PharmAccess Foundation     Esinrogunjo     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Oyun     Amasa     Garba Dogo     Durosinlohun Kawu     Smart School