Trailer Rolls Backward , Crushes 8-Year Old Girl To Death

By Lawal A. Dogara, Kaduna.
A trailer fully loaded with cement crushed an eight -year old school girl to death in Kaduna on Sunday.The victim was simply identified as Halima.
The tragedy which occurred in Kawo new extension area , near an International School claimed life of the eight years old who was on her way to Islamic school.
An eyewitness told Newsdiaryonline that “the incident happened when the trailer was off loading cement and suddenly we saw it rolling backward ,down the road.
” And before you know it, the trailer crushed a girl going to Islamic school to death and went on to crush the a parked car and yet another motorcycle as it kept rolling downwards.
“As you can see, the trailer came to a halt after running into this shopping complex nearby.
“In fact, I would have been crushed too by the trailer because we were standing at this balcony which was destroyed by the trailer,” the eye witness said.
The driver of another trailer which also conveyed cement from Lagos to Kaduna said the ill- fated trailer was apparently faulty and was managed to Kaduna only for it to have a brake failure at the point of off loading cement in Kaduna.
It was also learnt that Halima’s parents have reported the case to Kawo police station in Kaduna metropolis.