A 29-year-old vulcaniser has been crushed to death by a tipper lorry in the Akinhan area of Awowo in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, The Nation reports.
Sources said the victim, Adeyemi Abiodun popularly called olainukan was called by an unidentified motorist to help him fix his car’s flat tyre penultimate Wednesday.
He was said to have crossed the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway to meet the customer and quickly fixed the bad tyre.
Sources said he was pressed and decided to urinate by the road side during which the tipper which had a brake failure hit him and died instantly.
The driver of the truck fled immediately while irate residents prevented other tipper drivers from passing through the area.
Normalcy was however restored in the community after about three hours.
His remains were deposited at the morgue in Ifo General Hospital, while he was buried last Thursday amid tears by sympathisers.
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