Shocking: Baby falls off mum’s back on Okada, crushed by truck (Must Read)

UGHELLI—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 travelling on a
commercial
motorcycle, popularly known as Okada.
According to witnesses, the mother of the baby, who
is in
her 30s and simply identified as Ese, was said to
have been
struggling to adjust the wrapper with which she
strapped
the baby to her back, while the Okada was in motion.
One of the witnesses, identified as Efemena
Okiemute, told
Vanguard that the baby fell on the middle of the road
and
was immediately crushed by the truck, which was
directly
behind the Okada.
When Vanguard visited the scene, officials of Ughelli
Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission,
FRSC,
were seen clearing the remains of the dead baby
from the
road.

Culled from Vanguard