Video: Four schoolchildren die, many injured as truck overturns in Kogi
Abdullateef Fowewe
Four schoolchildren lost their lives and several others were injured Monday after a truck carrying building materials overturned in Egbolo community, Igalamela-Odolu, Kogi State.
Video: Four schoolchildren died, many injured as truck overturns in Kogi0
The tragic accident happened around 8:30 a.m. on the Idah route when the truck reportedly lost control while climbing a hill, crushing children trekking from Egbolo to Ofuloko for school.
Residents mourned loudly as bodies were pulled from beneath the vehicle, with some pupils still trapped during initial rescue efforts carried out by locals before the Federal Road Safety Corps arrived.
Outraged villagers blocked the road, lamenting the lack of a functional school in Egbolo that forces children to take long, dangerous journeys to schools in neighbouring areas.
Expressing grief, a father said, “The government has abandoned us. We need urgent intervention to prevent more tragedies like this.”
The injured were reportedly rushed to a nearby hospital, and the deceased were handed over to their families for burial.
