15 Children Crushed To Death In Plateau

A commercial vehicle conveying
maize to a nearby market
yesterday crushed fifteen
children aged between 12 and
16 to death in Barkin-Ladi,
Plateau State, injuring nine
others.
The children who were said to be members of the Boys
and Girls Brigade of about three churches in the local
government headquarters were on an early morning keep-
fit exercise when the incident occurred.
The youths from the three churches, it was learnt, usually
gather for the exercise by jogging to and from nearby
villages, but a vehicle carrying maize from Bokkos lost
control and ran into the children numbering about 40
killing 15 instantly.
Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer in
the state, DSP Felicia Anslem said investigations had
commenced and efforts were on to track down the
fleeing driver of the vehicle.
According to an eyewitness, the bodies of the deceased
and the injured had been taken to a nearby health centre
where the injured were given first aid treatment before
they were transferred to the Plateau Specialist Hospital
in Jos.