An officer with the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ondo Sector Command, Seinde Abolusoro, has been crushed to death by a reckless driver in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The late officer, said to be on duty, was standing by the roadside at the Federal University of Technology, Akure North Gate axis when he met his untimely death at about 10am on Saturday.
The driver of the car, identified as Sola Olagunju, driving from Ilesa in Osun State to Akure, claimed to be trying to avoid a parked articulated truck and veered off to hit Abolusoro.
However, other reports suggest that the driver slept off on the wheels before ramming into the late officer by the road side.
Authorities of the FRSC in the state declined to comment on the sad incident.
But the spokesman of the Ondo State Police Command, Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident, describing it as a sad one.
Joseph said the suspect is already in police custody, while investigation is ongoing to determine whether or not he would be charged to court.
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