10 feared dead, five injured in Ogun auto crash
Ten persons were feared dead while five others were
injured in an auto crash which occurred at Ibara Village along Sagamu-Abeokuta
Expressway, on Thursday.The accident involved an 18-seater Mazda commercial bus
with number plate TRE 556 XA and a truck laden with granite with number plate
LND 564 XP.The accident which was said to have occurred around 10
The Public Relations Officer of the state Traffic
Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, however, said those who
died were nine -three males, five females and a baby.He said a nursing mother
and her two-month-old baby girl were among those who died.Akinbiyi said one of
the passengers in the bus had been pressed by nature and had begged the driver
to park for her to urinate, and it was while she was urinating by the roadside
that the driver of the truck lost control due to speeding, and rammed into bus,
crushing it and emptying its content on it.He said further, “The driver of the
truck lost control due to speeding because it was raining and rammed into the
stationary bus from behind and dragged it in the process for some metres and
later fell on it.”Akinbiyi said the driver of the truck was still at large as
at the time of filing this report.He said three prospective students of the
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, who were going to formalise their admission
were also involved.Meanwhile, the corpses were said to have been deposited in
the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu while
the injured were also receiving treatment in the same hospital.
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