Baby crushed to death by truck after falling off mother’s back

A four month old baby was on Monday, crushed to death by a heavy duty truck at the Okorodafe Roundabout in Ughelli, Delta State. The unfortunate incident happened after the baby fell off the back of her mother who was riding on a commercial motorcycle, popularly called Okada.

Vanguard quotes witnesses as saying that the Okada was in motion while the woman, simply identified as Ese, started to adjust the wrapper with which she strapped the baby to her back. In the process, the baby fell off right in the middle of the road before being crushed by the on-coming truck which was conveying crates of soft drinks.

Officials of Ughelli Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) later arrived the scene to assist in clearing the dead baby’s remains.