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  • Three die in Ondo multiple road crashes

    Two bloody road accidents claimed three lives on Saturday in Akoko area of Ondo state.

    The first carnage was witnessed along Ugbe-Iboropa road in Akoko Northeast local government when a Mazda car had a head on collision with another vehicle where an  unidentified middle aged lady died instantly.

    The second road mishap occurred when a car reportedly driven by two young men rammed  into a stationery trailer.

    Eye witness said the two occupants of the vehicle also died along  Victory College,Ikare .
    Confirming the incidents, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC) Ikare-Akoko,Yinka Akande said his men went to the two scenes for rescue operation.

    The Divisional Police Officer for Ikare, Olu Agboola, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) confirmed the two road mishaps.

    He described the incidents as most regrettable, saying the Police were carrying out investigation to unravel the cause of the auto crashes.

  • Auto accident claims six lives in Ibadan

    No fewer than six people lost their lives in an accident involving four vehicles which occurred at about 3:40p.m. on Thursday at Iyagangu GRA Junction in Ibadan.

    The accident occurred when a truck coming from Aleshinloye market area lost control at Iyaganku junction and rammed into a loaded petrol tanker, a Micra car, Sienna car and trailer.

    NAN reports that the articulated vehicle then rammed to the other three vehicles going towards Iyaganku police station.

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    Mr Zango Matthew, Head of Operations, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Oyo State, told NAN that 12 people were involved in the accident.

    Matthew said that six of the victims were injured and six died.

    He said the corpses of the deceased, which comprised of five males and one female, had been deposited in mortuary at Adeoyo Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan.

    Matthew said the injured persons were taking to the Nigerian Railway Corporation hospital for treatment.

    He attributed the possible cause of the accident to brake failure of the articulated vehicle. (NAN)

     

  • Tragedy as three gospel singers die in auto accident

    Three up and coming gospel artistes have allegedly lost their lives in a fatal auto accident, shortly after their performance at a concert in Ikotun, a Lagos suburb.

    The accident which happened on April 7 was posted on the social media by one Oladele.

    According to him, the trio, Adetuyi Temitope  Michael aka ATM ; Yinka Destiny and an unidentified female singer were returning from a concert organised by one of their colleagues, when the incident occurred.

    “The late artistes had participated in an all-night gospel music concert organised by one of their colleagues called Keji in the Abaranje area of Ikotun on April 6, 2018. One of them called ATM (Adetuyi) gave Destiny a lift in his car in the morning of April 7.

    ”He however lost control of his car at Orile Iganmu and crashed into a stationary truck and died on the spot. The unidentified female singer also died on the spot, while Destiny, who did not die on the spot was rushed to a hospital where he died on Sunday April 8.”

    ”Adetuyi was expected to release his latest album on Monday April 9, but the day turned out to be his funeral. The late singers have since buried,’ he added.

  • Auto accident claims 18 in Jigawa

    Auto accident claims 18 in Jigawa

    No fewer than 18 persons died in an accident involving a tipper and a J5 bus on Gumel-Gugunju road in Gumel Local Government Area of Jigawa.

    The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in the state, Angus Ibezim, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse yesterday.

    Ibezim said the driver of the tipper with Reg. No. XY 744 GRK abandoned the vehicle on the road after it had broken down.

    He explained that the driver of the bus hit the truck from behind, which resulted in the mishap.

    He said 15 of the occupants of the vehicle, including the driver, died on the spot while three others sustained injuries.

    According to the sector commander, the other three passengers in the bus later died in hospital.

    He said the command had begun investigation to ascertain the main cause of the accident.

    “We are now trying to find out the main cause of the accident.

    “The first thing we suspect is that the driver of the tipper did not place any caution sign to indicate that the vehicle was faulty.

    “Secondly, we also suspect that the driver of the J5 bus was speeding or has bad or no headlights at all,” Ibezim said.

    He said the corps had already removed the broken down vehicle from the road to avoid a recurrence of the ugly incident.

    The sector commander added that the command had launched a man-hunt to apprehend the driver of the tipper now at large, saying that “the driver will surely be prosecuted”.

    Ibezim advised motorists to desist from speeding under whatever circumstances.

     

  • Heartland in auto accident in Maiduguri

    Heartland in auto accident in Maiduguri

    Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side Heartland were involved in an auto accident in Maiduguri on Wednesday.

    The Owerri-based side were in Maiduguri to honour the NPFL matchday 35 clash against El Kanemi Warriors today at the Maiduguri Township Stadium.

    The team arrived safely in Maiduguri on Wednesday but the hosts’ team bus conveying the Naze Millionaires to their hotels ran into a Nigerian Army Hilux Jeep on the Kano/Jos road near the Ramat Polytechnic.

    No death was recorded in the auto accident but nine Heartland players sustained varying degree of injuries.

    The injured were taken to hospital for treatment while El Kanemi Warriors’ officials were making frantic efforts to get another vehicle to take others to the hotel.

    El Kanemi Warriors secretary Tahir Bala confirmed the auto accident and equally confirmed that nine players were injured.

    “Yes, the bus conveying Heartland team from the airport to their hotel just had an accident with an army car but no death was recorded, but nine players sustained bruises.

    “We are making frantic efforts to take the injured to hospital for treatment while arrangement is going on to take others to their hotel. That’s what I can say for now,” said Bala to supersport.com.

    The top-flight clash could not be held on Saturday like others as Heartland were unable to secure a flight to Maiduguri on Thursday from Abuja.

  • Photo: Container crushes car in Lagos

    Photo: Container crushes car in Lagos

    Container falls on Car

     

     

  • Seven die, 29 injured in Ebonyi auto accident

    Seven persons were killed yesterday in a fatal auto accident along the Enugu-Abakaliki express road.

    The accident, according to an eyewitness, involved two commercial buses travelling in opposite directions on the ever-busy road.

    The source said that one of the buses attempted to overtake a smaller vehicle going to Abakaliki, and in the process, collided with other bus travelling in the opposite direction.

    The source said: “The bus driver didn’t see an oncoming bus from the opposite direction, resulting in a fatal head-on collision.

    “Cars travelling along the road stopped to rescue the victims. The injured and the dead were evacuated to a nearby hospital.”

    The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ebonyi State, Mr Charlse Aborchi, confirmed the accident.

    He, however, said that only three passengers, who he said were males, died in the crash.

    “Our officers responded instantly on receiving the news of the crash and led the evacuation of the dead and injured.”

    He noted that the dead and injured were taken to the Annunciation hospital in Emene, Enugu State.

    “I advise motorists to shun reckless driving, as it has resulted in needless loss of lives on our roads.”