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Policeman on stop-and-search duty crushed to death by truck driver in Imo
A Policeman was on Wednesday crushed to death by a truck in Imo State while on stop-and-search duty.
WuzupNigeria gathered that the incident occurred at Atta along Owerri-Okigwe expressway in Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state.
The incident caused heavy traffic gridlock on the expressway as people surged to the scene of the incident.
The corpse of the policeman was seen on the ground, but gun-wielding police operatives did not allow people to come close.
A trailer and other vehicles were seen around the scene of the incident but it was not clear as of the time of filing this report if the truck that killed the cop was among those parked at the scene.
A motorist told our correspondent that the heavy duty truck crushed the officer after the cop had waved at it to stop.
He said that the trailer which was on a speed lane rammed on the police officer who refused to go out from the tarred road.
He said,
“A truck crushed him after he flagged it down and it refused to stop. The victim who was on a stop and search duty with his colleagues refused to run out of the main road. Other police officers went after the killer truck and driver but I am not sure if they were able to get him. This is tragic.
When contacted, the police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, said that the command had been communicated.
He said,
“We have just been told. I am just hearing it. Necessary action has been activated by the command. The command is saddened by the sad development.”
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