A Vehicle Inspection Officer (VIO) was on Friday crushed to death by a truck in Akure, the Ondo State capital during a routine check of vehicle documents.
The fatal accident occurred opposite Mega Primary School along Hospital Road within the metropolis, when the officer attempted to intercept the truck for an inspection.
According to eyewitness accounts, the officer stepped in front of the oncoming vehicle in an effort to compel the driver to stop, but the truck, which was already travelling on the fast lane, could not be halted in time, resulting in the officer being fatally crushed.
One of the eyewitnesses, who identified herself simply as Busayo, recounted the harrowing scene, explaining that the deceased officer was standing directly in front of the vehicle while attempting to flag it down for inspection.
She said: “The VIO officer was standing in front of the truck, trying to stop it for inspection. But the vehicle was already on the fast lane and before anyone could realise what was happening, it had already knocked him down.”
Busayo added that the incident happened so quickly that it took several minutes before the body of the deceased VIO could be pulled out from under the truck.
Following the accident, sympathisers and passers-by gathered at the scene, while his colleagues who were visibly shocked over the fatal accident called for rescue.
