A suspected ‘yahoo plus boy’ has crushed an Okada rider to death while another sustained various degrees of injuries in a ghastly accident in Oton area of Sapele, Delta state.
Blueprint learnt that the accident occurred yesterday along the popular new farm area of Sapele metropolis.
The speeding unnumbered Mercedes-Benz GLK crashed into the Okada rider killing him on the spot and the passenger he carried was rushed to the hospital.
The driver of the GLK was said to have rushed to the injured woman who was believed to going to farm to hospital in Sapele.
An eyewitness said that the Okoda man had picked the woman from the market area before the speeding GLK driver hit them from behind.
According to the eyewitness, “The accident happened right in my presence. The driver of the GLK was on speed and he crushed the okoda man and the passenger he was carrying to farm from behind.
“The Okoda man died on the spot while the GLK driver rushed the seriously injured passenger to hospital. We thought both occupants of the motorcycle were dead. I doubt if the woman would make it but except by the grace of God”.
An official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the woman is in a critical condition while the body of the Okoda rider has been taken to the Sapele Central Hospital Morgue.
It can be recalled that not less than 10 persons have died in accidents resulting from reckless driving by suspected Yahoo Boys in Sapele.
When contacted, Delta Police Public Relation Officer ( PPRO), DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the accident, saying that it was fatal. Somebody died but i am yet to get full report.
