Students of Babs Fafunwa Millennium Secondary School, Ogba, Lagos State, accompanied by some of their parents flooded the streets on Wednesday to protest the death of their mates.

Thelagostimes had reported that an articulated truck crushed some pupils on their way home from the school on Tuesday.

The exact number of those who died remains uncertain, but eyewitnesses said no fewer than 17 were crushed or severely injured.

The accident occurred at the Grammar School Bus Stop, Ogunnusi Road, along Ogba-Ojodu/Berger axis.

The truck driver was said to have been trying to evade arrest by Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) and men of the Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA) from Berger Division, Ikeja when he rammed into the pupils.

According to Nation, parents who joined in the protest on Wednesday stormed the school demanding justice for the dead children, while others wanted their children and wards home.

Some of the aggrieved parents and guardians protested that the school should not have opened Wednesday.

The pupils were eventually allowed to go home, but they took to the streets in protest, throwing stones and sticks.