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It was pure chaos in the popular Ipata market in the heart of Ilorin, Kwara State capital yesterday when a water tanker reportedly crushed two school children to death and caused serious injury to two others.
According to Vangaurd, angry youths in the area reportedly destroyed the vehicle beyond repair with the driver escaping the mob action.
The state sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Sunday Maku, who confirmed the incident last night , said investigations had commenced on the accident.
Vanguard reports that the tanker’s brake failed and it rammed into the school children on the road leading to Ipata market.