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  • Three die as trucks collide in Ogun

    Three persons on Monday died in Ogun State when a tipper conveying granite rammed into the rear of a Sino truck marked NSR 89 YQ, killing three occupants in the tipper.

    The Iveco tipper truck had just left a quarry site in Isara area of Remoland and was hurrying to Lagos to off load when the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the Sino truck marked with emblem of a cement firm, a source told The Nation.

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    The driver of the cement firm truck was unaffected, the source added.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun state Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, told The Nation that the accident vehicles were taken to the Police Motor Traffic Division at Ogere.

    The remains of the dead were evacuated to a private morgue, FOS Mortuary, Ipara, Ogun State.

  • Woman dies, another injured after jeep plunges into river in Ogun

    A woman conveying her daughter to school in Ogun State has drowned on Sunday when the private vehicle she was driving skidded off the dual carriage bridge between Ososa and Odogbolu stretch of the Sagamu – Ore expressway and plunged into the river beneath.

    Her daughter, a student of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun state, was however rescued from the water.

    The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, told The Nation that the vehicle was coming from Lekki in Lagos and going to Ijebu-Ode when the accident happened.

    Akinbiyi added that mother and daughter were the only occupants of the vehicle and that the woman was conveying her daughter, who is a student of TASUED, to school at the time but lost control of the wheel and plunged into the river.

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    “The woman was taken her daughter back to school. As a result of over speeding, the woman lost control of the vehicle and plunged the vehicle into the river.

    He said: “The driver, who is the woman and mother of the lady, lost her life, while the daughter is receiving treatment at the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital.”

    According to him, the accident vehicle has been evacuated from the river and moved to the Motor Traffic Division (MTD) of the Nigeria Police, Odogbolu Divisional Police Headquarters, Odogbolu.

     

     

  • Eight killed, others injured in Ogun road accident

    A road accident on Sunday has left eight persons dead while two others, including an expectant mother and toddler,  were  injured.
    The accident  occurred at Ewekoro, opposite the Police Post, along the Lagos – Abeokuta expressway, and involved a Toyota Corrola sport car marked AKD 649 FP which rammed into a parked truck by the roadside.
    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident attributed the cause to “over speeding and lost of control.”

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    Akinbiyi said 10 persons – four males, four females and two kids were inside the car at the time of the accident, adding that a pregnant woman and a kid were injured in the process while eight lives were lost.
    He added that the remains of the dead were kept at the  morgue of the State General hospital, Ifo.
    Akinbiyi stated: “the driver who is suspected to be drunk and  over speeding, lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a stationery trailer parked along the road, killing eight persons inside the vehicle.
    “Though the driver of the parked trailer was not in the truck when the accident happened, he reported himself and  has been arrested by the Operatives of the  Ewekoro Divisional Police Headquarters.
    “The pregnant woman among the survivors has been referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta for treatment.
    “While TRACE Corps commiserate with the family of the dead, drivers are once again admonished to avoid over speeding, overloading and drunk driving. In the same vein, indiscriminate parking of vehicles on the traffic corridor with reckless abandonment will no longer be tolerated.”

  • Five pupils die, two injured in Ogun auto crash

    Five female pupils died and two others were injured on Saturday morning when a unmarked Toyota Avensis car they boarded crashed at the Olorunsogo stretch of the Abiola Way, an arm of the Abeokuta inner city roads.

    It was gathered that the car had eight passengers.

    The car suspected to have been driven by a drunk driver, was sighted “speeding” and “driving dangerously” which witnesses said led to a tyre burst before it careened “uncontrollably” unto a side of the road.

    The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps(TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, stated that victims have been evacuated to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta.

    Akinbiyi attributed the cause of accident to “over speeding, dangerous driving and burst tyre leading to loss of control” even as he suspected that the driver who had escaped from the accident scene, was probably drunk at the time.

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    “The number of occupants can’t be ascertained as at the time the rescue team got to  the scene, but certainly there must be a driver who drove the vehicle and escaped from the scene.

    “Number of people presumed to be involved in the accident is eight. The driver presumed to have escaped from the scene before the rescue team arrived.

    “Number of injured: two males. Five are presumed dead –  five young females(between the  ages 11 and 22). Four other persons were later brought to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta, who were said to be in shock after receiving the death of the students.

    “All victims met at the scene were taken to the FMC where the presumed dead were taken to the morgue while the injured and those in shocks are being attended to at the FMC. Traffic was  not affected as the vehicle involved is off the road,” Akinbiyi said.

  • Road crashes: 9 die, 84 injured in Ogun

    No fewer than nine persons died while 84 others sustained various degrees of injuries in various road crashes across Ogun between Dec. 15, 2018 and Jan. 15.

    Seni Ogunyemi, the Corps Commander, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Friday.

    The statement which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria was signed by the Corps Spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi.

    Ogunyemi explained that 42 road traffic crashes involving 12 private cars, two private buses, nine commercial buses, four commercial cars, four motorcycles, six medium trucks, five articulated trucks and six other vehicles were recorded.

    He added that during the period, 361 persons were involved in various crashes out of which 84 sustained injuries and nine males died.

    The corps commander said 268 persons were rescued unhurt due to prompt response to emergency by TRACE.

    He noted that 47.18 per cent of the crashes were caused by excessive speeding, 16.5 per cent by dangerous driving and 8.30 per cent by bad tyres.

    According to him, 10.76 per cent of the crashes were caused by driving against traffic and 17.26 per cent by other factors.

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    “Comparing year 2018 to year 2017, road traffic deaths were reduced by 55 per cent, from 20 in 2017 to 9 in 2018.

    “The number of people injured also decreased by 2.33 per cent, from 86 in 2017 to 84 in 2018.

    “Our resolve to reduce deaths and injuries on all roads in Ogun State will be pursued vigorously and relentlessly in 2019 such that no traffic offender shall go unpunished,” he said.

    Ogunyemi appealed to the motoring public to obey all traffic rules and regulations.

  • Truck crushes mother, child to death in Ogun

    Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, on Thursday, confirmed an accident that claimed the lives of three in Ogun.

    He said that a Mack truck loaded with soft drinks on Wednesday crushed a woman and her child to death in an accident which also killed the truck’s Motor Boy at Ajibawo in Atan on Sango /Idiroko road, Ogun.

    Akinbiyi told the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident occurred around 5:45pm and was caused by wrongful overtaking, complicated by loss of control by the truck, marked, LSD 563 XW.

    He added that four people were involved in the accident which included three male and one female, saying that two male and one female died in the accident while one person was injured.

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    “In the process of overtaking another truck ahead of it loaded with granite, the edge of the truck loaded with soft drinks entered a ditch which results in its fall, killing a woman and her child selling along the road and the motor boy,” he said.

    Akinbiyi said that the injured had been taken to Oluwalogbon Hospital, Atan before the arrival of TRACE officials while the corpses had been claimed by their relatives.

    He urged motorists to always obey traffic rules and regulations and also avoid excessive speeding and wrongful overtaking.

  • Accident: Five die,two injured on Sagamu-Abeokuta expressway

    Five persons have died on Tuesday morning in a road traffic accident when two cars collided with each other at Orire – Imo, Ibafo, stretch of the Abeokuta – Kobape – Sagamu road, Ogun State.

    The accident which occurred around 7:25am involved a Honda car marked  EKY 365 FB and Subaru car with registration number KTU 246 AT, also left two other persons with injuries.
    The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic and Compliance and Enforcement Corps(TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, attributed the cause to “over speeding and  loss of control which resulted to head on collision.”
    Akinbiyi added that the victims were evacuated to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH).
    He stated: “A Honda with Registration number  EKY 365 FB coming from Abeokuta lost control, veered into the other lane and collided with Subaru car marked  KTU 246 AT, coming towards Abeokuta.
    “Three were initially Injured together with Four Men who died instantly and their bodies have been deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH).
    “However, post crash report indicates that another of the injured victims has also died making the no of the dead to five and the  injured two.“

  • Car crushes foreigner to death in Ogun

    A car struggling to navigate its way out of multiple vehicles accident scene has crushed a foreign national  to death near Danco Filling Station corridor of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway.

    The multiple accidents which occurred almost in quick succession around 2:20pm, also left the foreigner’s  Personal Assistant with injuries.

    The vehicles involved include Toyota hummer bus on the fleet of Iyare motors and marked AUC 258 XA, Kia(car) with registration number KSF 725 AX, blue TOYOTA jeep with registered as LND 345 CV and another.

    It was learnt that a vehicle hit the man’s Jeep from the rear while returning from Akure, Ondo State, and he along with his PA, had stopped to check the extent of dent on the Sport Utility Vehicle(SUV) but while trying to enter the SUV again to continue his journey, the Kia car slammed him against a another vehicle.

    The foreigner  was said to have died on the spot while his remains have been evacuated to the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital(OOUTH), Sagamu.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, identified “loss of control occasioned by over speeding” as the cause.

    “The white man was coming from Akure, when a car hit his car at the back. The white man and his driver came down to see the extent of the damage, but in the process of getting into the car to continue the journey, a car hit another car which in turn hit the white man.

    “The car a that hit the white man and the driver have been arrested and taken to Sagamu Divisional Police Headquarters,” Akinbiyi said.

  • Truck crushes two to death in Ogun

    An Iveco truck carrying 40 – feet container crushed a commercial motorcycle rider and his passenger to death along Lagos – Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday.

    The Nation gathered that the driver of the truck marked APP 109 XQ lost control of the wheel while on speed, hit the road median and overturned on the highway.

    The truck and the container fell on the Okada rider and his passenger who were on the road at the time and crushed them to death.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, said two persons died on the spot.

    Akinbiyi added that the remains of the victims have been taken to the Fakoya mortuary in Sagamu, while the truck, driver and motorcycle are in police custody.

     

     

  • Two killed, 23 injured in Ogun auto crash

    At least two persons were killed when two commercial buses collided with each other along Abeokuta – kobape – Siun Road in Ogun State on Monday.

    23 other persons were seriously injured in the incident.

    The accident which occurred in the morning, involved two Mazda buses marked MUS 585 XT and XQ 583 MUS respectively.

    It was learnt that the driver of the Mazda bus with registration number XQ583MUS going in direction of Abeokuta, lost control of the wheel, veered off his lane to the other side of the road and crashed into the other coming from the opposite direction.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, said 23 people – all males – were injured while two others died in the crash.

    Akinbiyi said eight of the injured persons were taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, for treatment while 15 others were taken to Lantoro Specialist Hospital also in Abeokuta, for treatment.

    According to him, the remains of the dead were also deposited at the morgue of Lantoro hospital.