A driver escaped being lynched by an irate mob on Tuesday morning after he crushed a commercial motorcycle passenger to death in Sapele, Delta State.

The deceased was said to have been about to climb the motorcycle when he was hit by the truck, leaving his remains mangled between the tires.

The incident was said to have happened at the New road area of the Sapele, around 5.40 am.

Eyewitnesses said the tanker finished supply fuel to a filling station in the area and was manoeuvring it’s way to New road when the accident occurred.

“I was standing at the other side of the road when the Okada passed while the Tanker was trying to manoeuvre its way from New road to Owumi road and the next thing we heard was someone screaming and all that I saw was a man under the Truck rear tire, fortunately, the Okada man escaped unhurt” a woman who simply identified herself as Angela said.

The incident almost sparked violence in the area as co-riders and sympathisers, who dashed to the scene, accused the Truck driver of recklessness.

A man was said to have put a call to the Sapele Area Command and the New Sapele Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Abubakar Akande, who in turn directed a team of combine Policemen from the Area command and the Sapele Police Station to put the situation under control.