Truck Being Chased By Police Crushes 20 People To Death

At least 20 persons have died, after a trailer loaded with farming produce overran several tricycles popularly known as Keke Napep, today, at Vinikling bridge (Hayin Gada) in Yola, Adamawa State.

Naija News learnt that the accident occurred when police officers started chasing the truck driver for refusing to offer them bribe.

A resident of Viniklang, Malam Umar Shehu, who also sent pictures of the accident to the reporter, said he took part in evacuation process of the corpses to the hospital in Yola.

He said the police denied their claims saying they were pushing the truck driver because he was carrying goods which were thought to be foreign rice.

“But, there was no foreign rice in the truck, it was farm produce. The driver said they were chasing him for refusing to give them money at a checkpoint the police mounted,” Umar said.

One of the passengers, a student at the Modibo Adama University, who identified himself as Salisu Ibrahim said he narrowly escaped death by whiskers.

“I did not know what happened, but we suddenly saw the truck coming with speed and police van was pursuing it. All of us in our Keke Napep jumped out and fled, the driver lost control and the truck began to hit other Keke Napep and crushing people before our very own eyes. It was horrific,” Ibrahim said.