Driver crushed to death while fleeing from mob

A yet-to-be identified tipper lorry driver has been crushed to death by a commercial bus driver in the Kara-Ibafo area of the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The tipper lorry driver was said to be fleeing from an angry mob of traffic hawkers, who descended on him for knocking down one of their fellow hawkers, who was knocked down by the driver around Kara-Ibafo on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, on Friday.

It was learnt from eyewitnesses that some hawkers were playing by the roadside when one of them suddenly pushed the victim into the path of the tipper lorry, which rammed him and broke his leg in the process.

In a bid to rescue the hawker, it was learnt that the tipper lorry driver parked the vehicle, but the friends of the victim, who were angered by his condition, reportedly attacked the driver.

The driver, while fleeing from the mob, was said to have crossed the expressway without properly monitoring vehicular movement and was crushed to death by a commercial bus, which was on top speed.

An eyewitness, who identified himself simply as Ibrahim, while condemning the attack on the driver, said those who assaulted him ran away after the bus had knocked him down.