From AMEDU JOSEPH, Lokoja
It was a sad day in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital as Dangote Cement Company truck at the early hours of Tuesday killed a father and son at Zone 8 Roundabout along Barracks Road.
However, many other persons within the area where the accident occurred escaped being crushed by the truck.
As a result of the tragedy, angry mobs instantly set ablaze the truck .
Eye witness told our correspondent that the empty truck was about negotiating the bend leading to Zone 8 when it lost control and crushed a pedestrian who was standing by the road side together with his two sons.
According to the eye witness, the aged father and one of his sons died on the spot leaving the other son severely injured and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
It was gathered that onlookers who witnessed the incident constituted themselves into a mob to attack the truck and set it ablaze.
The state police command while confirming the incident said that the truck lost control at the zone 8 roundabout and crushed a pedestrian and injured one other person who is currently receiving treatment at the hospital.
The Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya who spoke to our correspondent on phone said that the incident made the people in the area to take law into their hands and set the truck ablaze.
He however, confirmed the death of one person while the identity of the other one injured could not be immediately ascertained.
Aya said that he is receiving medical attention in the hospital while a full scale investigation into the matter has commenced.
