Cement truck kills two person in Gombe

A cement truck crushed three people to death on Friday afternoon in Gombe, the Gombe State capital.

At least 14 other people were injured in the accident.

The truck’s brake failed around Gombe central runabout causing it to ram into a vehicle and motorcycles parked along the busy road.

Witnesses said that two people on a motorcycle and a boy selling sugarcane died at the spot after the truck hit them.

The Gombe State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Obed Malum, confirmed the incident. She said officials of the police motor traffic department were at the scene to evacuate the truck.

Source: ( Punch Newspaper )