A reckless driver on Thursday hit and killed Olaniyan Tosin a Batch C corps member observing the mandatory National Youth Service in Ondo State.
The deceased with state code OD/11c/0301 was going for the weekly Community Development service CDS at about 9am on when he met his untimely death.
An eyewitness account said that the driver identified as Olaoluwa Fasemo, a staff of Coop cocoa Industry in Akure had just came out of a petrol, was on the wrong side of the road and was cruising at a high speed when he hit the deceased who was attempting to cross the road .
The deceased was said to be going to the Akure South Local Government Secretariat.
The noise of passers-by drew the attention of other corp members who were in the premises of the Local Government Secretariat to the scene.
A corp member, Kemi Omilana said most of the corps members who were at the council secretariat rushed to the scene and discovered that one of them was lying helplessly on his own blood.
Omilana alledged that the driver after the ugly incident abandoned his vehicle in the middle of the road and ran away.
The deceased was rushed to the state Hospital in Akure but had to be referred to the Federal Medical Centre FMC in Owo for further treatment.
It was however learnt that he died that same night she was rushed to FMC Owo.
Confirming the incident, the NYSC spokesperson in the state, Mrs. Christy Olatoye, described the news of the death of the corps member as a rude shock to the agency.
Olatoye said the NYSC in the state had informed the family of the late Olaniyan.
The deceased was posted to Goodnews Grammer School, Fadeyi Street, Osinle Akure for her primary assignment.
Police Image Makere Adeniran Aremu confirmed the incident.
Aremu said that the driver had been arrested while his vehicle had also been impounded.
He added that the suspect will soon be charged to court