TRAGEDY: Baby falls off mother’s back, gets crushed by a truck

 

A heavy duty truck, conveying crates of soft drinks, yesterday, at the Okorodafe Roundabout in Ughelli, Delta State, crushed a four-month-old baby girl who had fallen off the back of her mother traveling on a commercial motorcycle.

Eyewitnesses told Vanguard that the mother of the baby, was struggling to adjust the wrapper with which she strapped the baby to her back, while the motorcycle was in motion. In the process, the baby fell on the middle of the road and was immediately crushed by the truck, which was directly behind the Okada.


Officials of Ughelli Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, have since cleared the remains of the dead baby off the road.

Please, mothers be careful oo.. make sure you secure you baby properly on your back if you must carry them on Okada.