Tragedy As Bus Crushes OAU Law Student To Death

It was a tragic moment today (Wednesday) in Osogbo
when a 200 level law student at the Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Miss. Mary Ibitolu, was
crushed to death by a bus belonging to a private
secondary school in Osogbo. It was gathered that
the deceased was on a commercial motorcycle when
the bus which was said to have suffered brake failure
hit the bike and knocked her down.
She was said to have been rushed to a private
hospital at Okefia where she gave up the ghost. The
motorcyclist was said to have survived the accident.
A commuter, who was waiting to board a bus was
also said to have been knocked down but survived.
One of the eyewitnesses, a hawker in front of Osogbo
High School where the accident happened told our
correspondent that the school bus broke down but
the driver called on some passers by to assist him to
push-start the engine.
He said the engine started running and the driver
moved it but he suddenly discovered that the brake
had failed when he was approaching the
motorcycle conveying Ibitolu.
"He tried to stop the bus from hitting the
motorcycle but he failed. She fell off and was rushed
to a hospital at Okefia but they said she died there.
The bus and the motorcycle were said to have been
taken to Dada Estate Police Station. Although the bus
and the motorcycle were seen at the police station,
policemen there declined to comment about the
accident and they referred our correspondent to the
Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Folasade Odoro.
Report has it that a requiem mass was ongoing for
the deceased at Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Osogbo.

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