By Sade Adewale, Ondo

A truck driver has reportedly crushed nine persons to death in Ondo town.

The incident occurred  at about 4pm at Lipakala and Akure garage areas of the town.

An eyewitness who identified himself as Ayo Ayodele, told The Hope Metro that the truck driver lost control and rammed into a lady motorcycle conveying three passengers; a woman, her son and the motorcyclist, at Lipakala, along Adeyemi Road, Ondo.

Ayodele, who  witnessed the incident, told our correspondent that the incident happened on Wednesday evening.

He said all the passengers on the motorcycle died instantly, describing the incident as horrific.

He added that after crushing the trio on the motorcycle to death, the truck driver did not stop to see what happened, but drove off.

Some motorcyclists were said to have given the truck driver a hot chase so as to track him down.

In his desperate bid to escape, the driver was reported to have crushed six other persons at Akure Garage when they tried to stop the truck.

It was further gathered that some motorcyclists and Amotekun officers went after him until he was apprehended at Bolorunduro in Ondo East local government area and was arrested.

Ayodele further narrated that some of the victims died on the spot, while others rushed to the hospitals were confirmed dead on arrival.

An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Ondo unit, who spoke on condition of anonymity attributed the incident to over speeding by the driver.

FRSC patrol team later deposited the corpses at the mortuary.