Pascal Arogorn Ibe
A guest who came for a wedding and the groom were crushed on Sunday by a truck in an accident on Ibrahim Taiwo Road , Ilorin, Kwara State .
While the guest died , groom’ s legs were crush.
It was gathered that the guest and the groom were on a motorcycle around 1pm when an SUV hit them from behind into the path of the truck which crushed the skull of the passenger , killing him instantly , while the two legs of the rider , who is the groom , were also crushed .
Eyewitnesses said the man , who got married on Saturday , was transporting the guest to a motor park at Wahab Folawiyo Road to board a vehicle to Lagos when the tragedy occurred.
The deceased was said to have come to Ilorin to attend the wedding.
An eyewitness said , “ The young man came from Lagos to attend a wedding in Ilorin.
The groom , who is a commercial motorcyclist, decided to take him to the park before and the accident occurred on the way.
When contacted , the spokesman for the state police command , Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the incident.
He said , “ The two vehicles are already at our station while the drivers of both the Toyota Jeep and the truck have been arrested. We have commenced investigation into the incident. ”
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