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  • Truck driver dies in Ogun multiple crash

    Truck driver dies in Ogun multiple crash

    One person was confirmed dead on Tuesday in a multiple accident, involving three trucks on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the development.

    He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta that the accident was caused by a driver of an Iveco truck who drove against traffic and rammed into two other trucks around 6:30 a.m.

    He said that the Iveco truck driver lost his life in the incident.

    “The accident involved a MAN diesel vehicle with registration number FST 893 XT, Iveco truck without a plate number and a DAF truck with registration number XG 189 MKA.

    “The Iveco truck driver who drove against traffic rammed into the other trucks in the early hours of the morning which resulted in the accident that claimed the life of the truck driver.”

    Akinbiyi said that the body of the driver had been deposited at the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu.

  • Two die in Ogun auto crash

    Two persons were confirmed dead in a road accident involving a blue Toyota Corolla car and a Toyota picnic bus at Olodo area, on Abeokuta/Ibadan Expressway in Ogun.

    Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) in Ogun, confirmed the accident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Tuesday.

    Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred on Monday evening due to wrong overtaking by the driver of the Toyota Corolla car.

    He stated that the two vehicles had three occupants each, saying that the dead were the drivers of both vehicles.

    Akinbiyi said, “The accident involved a Toyota Corolla car with registration number KSF 846 EF and a Toyota picnic bus with registration number RLG 61 AA.

    “The driver of the Toyota Corolla car tried to overtake the Toyota Picnic space bus which resulted in collision that led to the crash.

    “The vehicles had three passengers each when the accident occurred, three male and three female but the drivers of both vehicles died in the accident.”

    The official said that the victims were taken to Omo Arewa Clinic in Odeda while one female in critical condition was rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.

  • Five die, others injure in Ogun road crash

    Five die, others injure in Ogun road crash

    Five persons were killed on Thursday in an auto accident at the new Makun – Sagamu (Ogun State) stretch of the Lagos – Sagamu expressway when an 18-seater passenger bus collided with a truck.

    Four male passengers and one male in the bus died at the accident scene according to a Witness.

    Also, the Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, told journalists that the truck and the bus were going in the direction of  Lagos when the accident occurred.

    Akinbiyi said information gathered from the TRACE Operatives which were at the scene for rescue operation suggested that the bus crashed into the truck from the rear following poor visibility and downpour that occurred at that area.

    He noted that Governor Ibikunle Amosun and his security aides who happened to be travelling to Lagos at the time, helped control the gridlock caused by the accident.

    The security details also assisted in taking victims to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

    “The governor was on his way to Lagos when his convoy suddenly met the gridlock caused by the accident which occurred at the New Makun City along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway involving a truck and 18-seater commercial bus.

    “Some of the security details had to disembark from their vehicles and trekked forward only to discover it was an accident.  Immediately, the governor was aware he ordered that the injured should be quickly conveyed to the hospital, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

    “The two victims who died instantly at the scene were equally taken to the morgue of the same hospital. Three others among the injured later died in the hospital.

    “Our men who on ground at the scene of the accident said the downpour must have blurred the vision of the commercial bus, making him to rammed the bus into the truck from behind,” Akinbiyi said.