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  • Truck crushes man, children to death in Ogun

    Truck crushes man, children to death in Ogun

    Two trucks along the Ijebu – Ibadan road in Ijebu – North local government area of Ogun State have been burnt by an irate mob on Friday morning  after three persons were crushed to death on the road.

    The victims were a man and his two children.

    The children and their father were on a motorcycle taking them to school when the accident occurred.

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    “The truck driver, who was trying to avoid a collision with another vehicle, veered – off  the road and crushed the victims,” an eyewitness told The Nation.

    The truck that killed the victims was burnt along with two of its occupants, while another truck passing by was also torched by the angry mob.

    The Public Relations Officer of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, said he was yet to get full details of the crash.

    Also, the Route Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Ogun State, Florence Okpe, in a statement issued on behalf of the Sector Commander, Mr. Clement Oladele, blamed the accident on dangerous driving.

     

     

  • Bus conductor dies in Ogun auto crash

    Bus conductor dies in Ogun auto crash

    The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed on Wednesday that one person died while two others sustained severe injuries in an auto crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

    The Public Relations Officer of TRACE, Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi, said in Ota that the accident occurred in front of ASCON Filling Station at 8: 02 a.m.

    Akinbiyi said two vehicles and 12 people were involved in the accident.

    He said a commercial bus with registration number KTU 449 XU was trying to overtake a Honda Civic car with registration number EKY-65 EQ but had a tyre burst and rammed into the Honda car.

    Akinbiyi said the conductor of the bus hit his head against a metal object in the bus, resulting in his death.

    “The corpse has been deposited at the mortuary of the Divine Hospital at Ibafo while the injured persons are also receiving treatment at the same hospital,” the TRACE official said.

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  • Truck crushes woman to death in Ogun

    A mentally-challenged woman was crushed to death along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday evening.

    Three other people were seriously wounded in the accident.

    Our correspondent gathered that the driver of the MACK truck with registration number KSF 802 XC, lost control of the wheel, veered off the road and crushed the woman to death.

    The woman was at the roadside when the truck hit her.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance Enforcement and Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the remains of the victim had been taken to Fakoya Hospital’s morgue in Sagamu.

  • Boy, three others die as truck-head falls into river in Ogun 

    Boy, three others die as truck-head falls into river in Ogun 

    A five-year-old boy yet to be identified and three   others  have lost their lives while a woman was trapped in an  early morning accident  when a truck- head plunged  into a river in Ogun State on Wednesday.

    The accident  occurred around 8:50am, as the  truck  suffered break failure atop the Kara long bridge on Lagos – Expressway, knocked down a commercial motorcycle rider conveying  a boy and mother (his passengers) before crashing into the road median.

    The impact, it was gathered,  forced the head of the truck to come off and plunged into the river beneath the Kara bridge, leaving the three occupants inside truck – head  dead.

    Also,  the little boy  died at the scene, but the mother got trapped by the body of the truck while the cyclist survived with injury

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency ( TRACE ), Babatunde Akinbiyi,  who confirmed the accident, blamed it on brake failure.

    Babatunde said the remains of the dead were deposited at the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital ( OOUTH ), Sagamu.

    “A container laden Mark Truck with registration number  NND 133 XA, had a break failure and rammed into a Bajaj Commercial Motorcycle with registration number  EKY 221 QA, with the head of d truck plunging into the  river, while the container it was carrying fell on a woman and the child she was carrying, who are the two plying passengers the Bajaj Motocyclist was carrying.

    “We learnt the Okada rider is in the  river with the other occupants of the truck head, the  number of which cannot be ascertained now, as local divers have been contacted for rescue operation.

  • Four die in accident on Ogun road

    Four die in accident on Ogun road

    Four persons, including a cyclist, were killed on Ijebu – Igbo township road, Ogun State, in an accident when a Nissan Primera  car ran into a commercial motorcycle rider on Tuesday.
    The Primers car which was coming from Oruu town, it was learnt, was heading to Ijebu – Igbo but lost control of the wheel following a malfunctioned break and rammed into the cyclist carrying a passenger.
    The Public Relations Officer of the the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency ( TRACE ), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident said  two persons died on the side of the cyclist while two others died  in the car.
    According to him while three if the victims died on the way while being taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (Sagamu), one other died at State Hospital, Ijebu – Igbo.
    According to Babatunde, the dead comprised of two males and two females.
    “Two  occupants on  the okada died as well as two  in the  Nissan vehicle, out of the six  occupants in it when the accident happened. The Nissan is private but used for commercial purposes,” he said.
  • 10 killed in Ogun auto crash

    10 killed in Ogun auto crash

    Ten passengers in a commercial bus travelling to Ibadan in Oyo State were confirmed dead in an auto crash when the bus collided with a truck on Abeokuta/Ibadan Road in Ogun.

    Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer ( PRO ), Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps ( TRACE ), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN ) on Wednesday in Abeokuta.

    Akinbiyi said that the truck driver only sustained injury in the accident.

    He told NAN that the incident occurred around 8.00p.m on Tuesday, adding that speeding and negligence on the part of the truck driver caused the accident.

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    “The truck with registration number BDG 7I4 XE was coming from Ibadan inward Abeokuta, while the Toyota Litace marked EKY I85 XH was travelling to Ibadan outward Abeokuta.

    “Due to speed and negligence on the part of the truck driver, it had head on collision with the bus, leading to the accident that claimed the lives of all the passengers in the bus.

    “Eleven people were involved in the crash; two females and eight males died in the accident, while driver of the truck was the only one injured,” Akinbiyi said.

    The TRACE spokesman said that the corpses of the victims had been deposited at the Adeoyo Hospital Morgue in Ibadan, while the injured was receiving treatment in the same hospital.

  • Truck crushes roadside vulcanizer to death in Ogun

    Truck crushes roadside vulcanizer to death in Ogun

    A road side vulcanizer and his friend were crushed to death on Tuesday morning in Owode, Yewa South local government area of Ogun State.

    The accident occurred at about 10:00 a.m. when a truck driver lost control of the wheel, veered off the road and mowed down the victims at their shop in Oke Ore area of Owode.

    The accident triggered tension at the area as angry youths moved to torch the fallen truck, forcing operatives of the  Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) to momentarily suspend rescue work at the scene.

    The vulcanizer and his friend whose identities were yet to be established as noon on Tuesday, were discussing when the truck came from behind and ran over them.

    The duo died at the scene.

    The Public Relations Officer of TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, said the accident happened at Oke Ore near Owode in Ogun State.

    He said two persons died in the accident while two others – truck driver and his boy – were injured.

    He said: “The truck (driver) lost control and ran over the road side vulcanizer. The area is tense at moment and operatives have to move back a bit. Soldiers and police officers have been contacted to forestall breakdown of law and order in the area.

    “The driver and his motor boy were injured and taken to Iya kayode hospital at OKe Ore while one of the dead victims has been taken by his family.”

  • Three die, four injured in early morning accident on Kara bridge 

    Three die, four injured in early morning accident on Kara bridge 

    Early Thursday morning accident involving multiple vehicles on Kara bridge stretch of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway has left three persons dead and four others injured.

    The accident which occurred around 6:30am involved eleven vehicles, including four trucks, causing not a small obstruction on the highway and huge traffic gridlock.

    Operatives of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and soldiers were sighted working to clear the obstruction, direct traffic and assist victims.

    The Nation gathered that one of the vehicles involved in the accident lost control of the wheel and crashed into another and in the ensuing milieu, others smashed into one another in quick succession.

    The Public Relations Officer of the TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, listed DAF truck marked  APP 769XR, a Mazda bus  with registration number AKD 520 XN, another Mazda bus registered as BDG 327 AA and a nondescript DAF truck as vehicles involved in the early morning accident.

    Others are Cabster marked XS216 KSF, MAN Diesel with registration number AGL 545 XF, Ford marked KTU 320 XN, LEXUS Jeep registered as FKJ475BR, SINO Truck with registration number  KRD 122 XD,  another SINO Truck marked KRD 123 XD and one other.

    Akinbiyi also stated that three persons died while four others were injured in the accident.

     

  • Truck crushes nursing mother in Ogun

    A truck crushed a nursing mother to death in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday morning.

    Two other persons were seriously injured in the accident that occurred at Orile – Elmo village along Abeokuta – Sagamu expressway.

    The Nation gathered that the truck marked PKP 464 XA, crushed the woman and injured two others while they were crossing the road at 9:15 a.m.

    The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State traffic agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the woman died on the spot while the driver of the truck ran away.

    Akinbiyi said policemen are making efforts to evacuate the truck off the road.

    “Reckless driving caused the accident. The truck ran over the woman while attempting to cross the road to other side of the Siun road. The remains of the woman had been handed over to family,” he said.

  • Sallah: 22 killed, 152 injured in Ogun

    Sallah: 22 killed, 152 injured in Ogun

    No fewer than 22 people were killed and 152 others injured in series of vehicle and motorcycle accidents that occurred in different locations on Ogun roads during the Sallah festive period.

    And of the 22 killed in 74 accident cases recorded in Ogun State during the festival, 18 of them are males while females accounted for the remainder.

    According to the Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency(TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, he gave 74 as the figure of crashes recorded during the 2017 Ileya Festival which were witnessed by the agency’s Operatives.

    “Motor vehicle cases 43,
    the injured;108 (85m and 23f), those killed;18 (15m and 3f).
    Motorcycle cases 31, those
    injured 44 (33m and 11f), those
    killed 4 (3m and1f).Total cases=74, total injured =152 and total killed; 22,” Akinbiyi stated.