Baby Falls Off Mum's Back On Okada, Crushed By Truck

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 asOkada.

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
theOkadawas 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 theOkada.

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.
--Vanguard