The Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corp, Chukwurah Uche, has confirmed that two workers lost their lives and one injured as a quarry site caved in.
The quarry site located at Camp in Gbopa area of Ologuneru in Ido Local Government area of Oyo, caved in on Monday which attracted sympathisers who thronged the scene.
According to reports, FRSC, officials of the Nigerian Police and National Emergency Management Agency also stormed the area for rescue operation.
“We received a distress call that there was a problem. Our team went there but, we were able to rescue two people. The other two people lost their lives.
“Our officials were alerted by the residents of the area around 3pm that a quarry had caved-in and two people lost their lives.
“We evacuated their corpses to a mortuary while the third person who sustained injury was taken to the hospital,’ Chukwurah said.
Sources told The Nation that, “The three men were loading that truck with sand when the sand collapsed on them and the truck.
“One of them was immediately rescued with bruises on his head. He was taken to the hospital. But, the remaining two were covered completely and there were no equipment to pack the sand.
“We had to use their shovels before they brought that loader. By the time help came, one man was completely dead while the other one was still breathing died thereafter.”
