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  • 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.

     

     

  • 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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  • Four killed in Ogun auto crash

    At least four persons died on Wednesday  along the Ijebu – Ode stretch of the Lagos – Ore Expressway when a commercial bus collided with a trailer.

    The accident which occurred at 4:45 a.m. near the Ijebu Ode old Toll Gate involved a truck with registration number XB 111 LSD and a bus marked LSD 766 XS.

    It was learnt that the truck which had earlier packed attempted to rejoin the road and while trying to avoid collision with another vehicle swerved into the fast lane, but a speeding bus rammed into the second truck from behind.

    The Ogun Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Clement Oladele, who confirmed the accident, said four passengers of the bus died in the crash.

    “The crash is suspected to have been caused by loss of control when a truck which had earlier parked suddenly attempted to join the road corridor near the Ijebu – Ode Toll gate.

    “A Mack truck moving in the same direction, in an attempt to avoid collision with the truck entering the road, swerved away from the slow lane to the fast lane.

    “The bus travelling behind on the fast lane was too fast and could not stop but ran into the truck that swerved from slow to the fast lane.

    “The crash resulted in the death of four passengers in the bus,’’ Oladele said.

     

     

     

  • 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.”

  • One killed in Ogun auto crash

    One person was confirmed dead and three others injured in an auto accident that occurred on Thursday morning at Wasimi junction in the Ewekoro stretch of the Lagos Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State.

    An eyewitness said the driver of a private car carrying four persons, including the driver, ignored road diversion sign on the road, drove on one way and collided with a truck coming in the opposite direction.

    A man believed to be the owner of the car, died in the accident.

    The Sector Commander, Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Adetunji Adegoke, told The Nation that two vehicles – Kia Serato marked LP809EKY and a truck  with registration number AGL704XL, were involved in the accident.

     

  • ONE KILLED, 6 INJURED IN OGUN CRASH

    ONE KILLED, 6 INJURED IN OGUN CRASH

    One person died, while six others sustained various degrees of injuries when a petrol tanker rammed into four other vehicles and caught fire yesterday at Owode Junction, Otta, Ogun State.

    The Unit Commander of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Otta, Mr. Leye Adegboyega, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident occurred around 5.30a.m owning  to alleged  carelessness of the tanker driver.

    According to him, the driver of the loaded petrol tanker coming from Lagos and heading to Abeokuta lost control and rammed into four vehicles and caught fire immediately.

    He said that the fire from the tanker spread to nearby houses.

    Properties worth millions of naira were lost in the inferno.

    Adegboyega said that the driver of the tanker, whose name was Wale Olaitan, lost his life while six others including four male and two female sustained various degrees of injuries.

  • Six die in Ogun multiple crash

    … 21 injured

    Six unidentified people have been confirmed dead, while 21 others were critically injured in a multiple accident that occurred on the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway on Friday.

    The Itori Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Fatai Bakare, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, told journalists that the accident occurred at Osunpori Village, near Wasinmi in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.

    He said the accident, involving three vehicles occurred at about 11. 45pm.

    Bakare said that an Iveco truck with registration number Lagos GGE 200 XC, a Mazda pick-up van (XA 626 AAW) and a Nissan pick-up van marked Lagos XZ 19 EKY were involved in the accident.

    The unit commander disclosed that 27 persons, comprising 20 males and seven females were involved in the crash.

    “One of the driver lost control of his vehicle and he rammed into the other and there was a serious situation afterwards.

    “Those who died so far include two males and four females, while 21 others, made up of 18 men and three women sustained varying degrees of injuries,” the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the FRSC commander as saying on the crash.

    Bakare said the corpses of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital in Ifo, near Abeokuta.

    He said that those injured in the crash were also being taken care of at the same hospital.