Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- At least four schoolchildren were confirmed dead and several others injured on Monday morning in Egbolo, Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State, after a truck conveying them to school lost control and plunged into a river.

The tragic incident, which occurred around 8:30 a.m., has sparked outrage and grief across the community, leading distraught villagers to barricade the Idah road in protest against what they termed government neglect.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the victims were commuting from Egbolo to the neighbouring community of Ofuloko, where they attend school due to the absence of educational facilities in their village.

Witnesses told this newspaper that the truck, loaded with building material...