UROMI – Six children were at the weekend crushed to death by a vehicle at Arue-Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State.
Two of the children killed by the car, a Mercedes Benz salon car, were sadly of the same parents.
The driver of car allegedly escaped immediately to police station to avoid been lynched by angry mob, where he was taken into custody.
Angry youths of the community, after setting the car ablaze, block the expressway, making burn fire on the highway, and causing motorists to divert through the town
It was gathered that the driver of the car, who was driving down from Irrua axis, lost control, skidded off the road and over the gutter to crush the children who were playing football.