At least four schoolchildren have been killed with several others sustaining different degrees of injuries after a truck conveying building materials lost control and ram into pedestrians on Monday in Egbolo, Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria.
According to an eye witness, the students were said to be on their way from Egbolo to the neighbouring community of Ofuloko, where they attend secondary school, before the tragedy struck.
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AIT.live gathered that some of the children were still trapped under the truck at the time of filing this report while some of the injured children have been rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
The early Monday morning accident, which sparked outrage and grief across the community led distraught villagers to barricade the Idah road.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC had yet to arrive at the scene to carry out rescue operations at the time this report was filed.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
