Accident: Achievers student buried amid tears
From Bukola Olamona
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A student of Achievers University, Owo,who was crushed to death by a truck driver was yesterday buried amidst tears at the Owo cemetery.
Late Wuraola Bada, a 100 level student of Accounting in company of her friend, Ayomidotun who is still in coma in an undisclosed hospital was said to have boarded commercial motorcycle, popularly known as ‘ okada’ while coming back to school from Oja Oba market in Owo town where they had gone to buy goods.
The truck driver was said to have rammed into the motorcycle and subsequently killed both the okada rider and Wuraola, while Ayomidotun was rushed to the hospital by sympathizers.
In a telephone interview with one of the students who spoke under the condition of anonymity, she said Wuraola wanted to go to the market to buy plantain, so she told her friend who is a 200 level Micro-biology student to follow her and they took a bike. On their way back, a truck driver hit them from behind and ran over them.
“This happened Friday evening. Both Wuraola and the okada rider died on the spot. The second girl is in a coma,” she added.
Also, a lecturer who did not want his name mentioned confirmed the incident. Investigation revealed that the truck driver was later apprehended by other okada riders and was beaten and whisked away to an undisclosed location.
It was also gathered that the late Wuraola who hailed from Ikare Akoko lost her mother last year March.
