Three Dead, 3 Injured In Ogun Road Accident

Three people have died while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a multiple accident which occured at Ifo market along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Sunday.

The accident involved a Mack truck marked, T-7827 LA, Nissan pick-up with registration number, GEN 256 XA and Tricycle marked, JGB 724 WB.

The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta.

Akinbiyi said that the accident occured at 4:49am.

He said, 10 people were involved in the accident which comprised nine male and one female, saying that two male and one female got injured while three male died in the accident.

”According to eyewitness account, the Mack truck had a propeller problem and could not be towed.

”However, after managing to move it off the road, with caution tape and cones used to separate/barricade it from the road, the tricycle due excessive speed rammed into it from the rear in the wee hours of the night, with the driver losing his life on the spot because of the impact of the collision.

”While the Nissan Pick Up Van also rammed into it from the rear in the early hours of this morning killing also the driver and one of the motor boy,” he said.

He noted that the injured victims had been rescued to a state hospital Ifo for treatment and the presumed dead victims had already been deposited at the same hospital morgue.

He called on drivers to avoid night travels and excessive speed.