see how truck crushed 4 pupils of oyo federal girls to death and injured 5 pupils.

Four pupils of the federal government girls college Oyo and a driver were crushed to death in a bizarre accident few kilometres away from the school gate on Sunday. Five other pupils were injured in the accident and are currently receiving treatment at various hospital in the town.the deceased pupils, olubukola john, ss3; taibat Giwa,SS3; mojisola ladipo,SS1;and Marian ibrogba JSS3; and those injured were returning to the school after observing mid-term break. The public. Relation officer of the college, Mr akin omitade , told our correspondent that the accident occurred at a market when an overloaded truck fell on the mini-bus.the PRO said the students were returning to school from the mid-ter break .the were already in oyo town and boarded the usual mini-bus at the park ahead of the 6pm resumption deadline. But an accident occurred when a truck carrying loaded of garri lost its balance while trying to navigate its way amid the busy market where traders displayed their wares at different parts of the road .it fell sideways with all its content spilled on the mini-bus conveying the pupils. The driver and the four pupils died immediately while five others pupils who managed to escape were seriously injured and are already receiving medical attention in two different Private hospitals in Oyo state.our apeal is for government to quickly help us repair that narrow part of the road. We also want to call on the market and community leaders to ensure that traders are not allowed to display their wares on the road as that often compounds the traffic situation of the dilapidated. When our correspondent visited the school,academic activities were observed to have been suspended because of the large numbers of the community and others sympathisers who paid condolences visit to the school. The market was also closed in honour of the deceased.