A trailer on Thursday ram into a commercial motorcycle at Oghara headquarters of Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta State, killing a woman and a baby of about four years.
RealTime24 gathered that the accident occurred in the afternoon, when the trailer said to be on top speed lost control and veered off the road; knocking down the commercial motorcycle carrying the woman and the baby.
The commercial motorcyclist was said to have sustained serious injuries and was rushed to a hospital.
The driver of the trailer, it was learnt, immediately escaped from the scene for fear of being attacked by the angry mob that gathered at the scene of the accident.
Confirming the incident in a phone chat with our correspondent, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said, “It is true. Two persons died; a woman and a baby of four. One other person also injured and has been rushed to the hospital.”