An accident has allegedly claimed the life of one person with five others seriously injured at Eleyele Roundabout, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
An eyewitness, Mr Olatunde Aroyemu said the commercial DAF truck with registration number DTN328XC loaded with granite lost control and crashed into people selling wares at the entrance of a park.
He explained further that the truck also rammed into some waiting passengers in the park leaving many others injured.
Radio Nigeria gathered that the driver of the truck fled the scene of the accident to prevent being mobbed.
Confirming the accident, the Oyo State Public Relations Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mayowa Odewo said the accident occurred at 11. 35 am on Wednesday affected six persons.
He explained that five people were seriously injured while a female lost her life in the accident
Mr Odewo added that two other vehicles were involved in the accident.
Thieves have robbed some victims of a road accident that occurred in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
Some travellers were reportedly involved in a road accident that occurred at Oolo in Ogbomoso on Monday night.
It was learnt that the bus was coming from Oore in Ondo State before the accident occurred at Oolo.
It was gathered that some of the victims were rushed to hospitals.
One of the victims identified as Olabisi Toluwani is currently at the Accident and Emergency Unit of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso.
The head of the Public Relations Unit of the hospital, Omotayo Ogunleye confirmed the development on Tuesday.
He however said that the families of the victim have not been traced as at the time of filing this report.
He said, “This is Olabisi Toluwani who is currently at the Accident and Emergency Unit of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.
“She had an accident yesterday night at the Oolo axis en route to Ogbomoso after which all the occupants of the vehicle were robbed of their valuables (including their mobile phones) at the accident scene.
“She was said to be coming from Oore when the accident happened. Please kindly help send this information out with the ultimate aim of reaching out to her family members.”
Two people have been reportedly killed in an accident which occurred opposite the Mobil filling station, Ogo Oluwa area of Osogbo.
The accident involved a Toyota Rav4 Jeep with Reg. No. Abuja kuj 417 DH driven by one Dauda Tewogbade and a Bajaj Motorcycle with Reg No. Osun sub 708 UH , whose identity was yet unknown,as at Press time.
The accident occurred when the driver of the jeep was coming from Olaiya area heading towards Abere, on getting to opposite mobile filling station hit the motorcyclist who was allegedly riding against traffic rules.
Confirming the incident , the Police Public Relations Officer, Osun State Command, SP Yemisi Opalola, said the rider of the motorcycle and his passenger died on the spot.
SP Opalola explained that the driver of Rav4 jeep and his friend who sustained injuries had been rushed to Uniosun Teaching Hospital Osogbo for treatment.
She added that the corpses of the deceased had been deposited at the same hospital morgue for autopsy investigation.
Two persons have been reported dead while thirteen others sustained injuries in an accident on the Sagamu- Ijebu-Ode section of the Expressway after Area J3 junction.
The Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun State Command, Mrs Florence Okpe made this known in a statement in Abeokuta.
The statement indicated that the accident involved a Toyota bus marked GUE 59 ZY and a truck with registration number BGT 94 LG.
The statement showed that the suspected cause of the crash was excessive speed, as the bus driver rammed into the stationary Truck parked by the roadside.
It said that the injured victims were taken to a private Hospital in Area J4 while the deceased were deposited at the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital Morgue.
According to the statement, the Sector Commander, Mr Anthony Uga cautioned motorists against wrong parking of vehicles on the highway, stating that if there was any breakdown, they should display caution signs to alert other road users.
Mr Uga also advised motorists to shun speed and always drive carefully.
Three persons have been presumed dead while two people sustained varying degrees of injuries in a line crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway around Fidiwo Bridge.
The lone accident involved a Toyota Jeep marked BDG213BJ.
The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun Sector Command, Mrs Florence Okpe who confirmed the crash in a statement in Abeokuta said that out of the 5 persons involved 2 got injured while the remaining 03 were killed from the lone crash.
She attributed the cause of the lone crash to Tyre bust speed which led to loss of control and the vehicle crash under the bridge
Mrs Okpe pointed out that the injured victims were taken to a private Hospital, Ogere while the corpses were also deposited at a private Morgue in Ipara.
She advised motorists to drive within the stipulated speed limit and always go on a routine check to detect any fault on a vehicle.
No fewer than seven people today lost their lives in an accident that occurred in front of the popular WOCDIF Events Center, Ring Road, Osogbo, Osun State.
Radio Nigeria learnt that the fatal accident involved a commercial bus and tricycle, which got damaged beyond repair.
Preliminary information has it that three schoolchildren and the driver of the tricycle died on the spot while the other three persons passed away on arrival at the hospital.
It was gathered that security operatives, marketers and other road users around the area, joined in the rescue efforts.
Confirming the incident the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Osun Command, said occurred on the Osogbo-Ilobu highway in the early hours of Tuesday.
The Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamaisia, said the accident which occurred at about 9:10 a.m. involved a blue Mazda commercial bus and a tricycle having a number plate RLG 898 QE with a motorcycle with number plate SGB 630 DN.
He said the accident occurred around the WORDIF Area close to Lameco Junction on the Ring Road by-pass claiming the lives of four persons on the spot.
“Three passengers out of the four died at the hospital where they were rushed to. Although, eight persons were involved, which include four male adults with two female children and two male children”.
“We only have one survival out of the eight persons involved in the accident”, Benamaisia said.
According to him, the root cause of the accident was excessive speeding leading to a tyre burst and later loss of control by the commercial bus driver.
“The vehicles and the motorcycle have been taken to Dugbe Police Station while the dead were taken to Osun State Teaching Hospital with the help of O’ Ambulance.”
The sector commander commended the joint efforts of other security agencies in helping to maintain law and order during the gridlock.
Mr Benamaisia, however, advised motorists against disobedience to traffic regulations which could endanger their lives and those of passengers on board their vehicles.
A fatal accident between IVECO trucks with registration number AAB 414 ZY and a Cabster, ZUR 601 XY at Kara bridge inbound on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has claimed three lives
According to a release by the public relations officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the hoodlums, who had believed that the accident was caused by the truck, set it ablaze.
Mr Akinbiyi said the Iveco truck developed a mechanical fault on the road after colliding with another vehicle which drove against traffic, inbound Lagos on the Kara bridge.
He explained that while the driver and the motor boy were trying to sort out mechanical fault on the road, a Cabstar, loaded with watermelon which was at excessive speed, lost control and rammed into the Iveco truck from behind, killing all the 3 occupants in the Cabstar, including the driver.
According to him, some hoodlums from nowhere stormed the Kara bridge and set the Iveco truck ablaze because they believed the Iveco truck caused the accident.
He noted that it took the intervention of TRACE, POLICE and the Ogun State Fire Service before normalcy could be restored on the Kara bridge for incoming vehicles inbound Lagos at that hour.
The TRACE PRO said that all three commuters who lost their lives in the Cabstar had been taken away by their family members for burial and the accident vehicles were towed to Adigboluja Police Station Ojodu fir further investigation.
One person has reportedly died while one person was injured in a lone crash that occurred on Sagamu-Abeokuta road.
The accident which occurred yesterday evening involved a Highlander jeep with registration number, JJJ721 JB .
The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC, Ogun Command, Mrs Florence Ellen confined the crash in Abeokuta.
Mrs Okpe who said that the fatal crash involved 6 persons out of which one person died and one sustained injury in the accident attributed the suspected causes of the crash to tyre burst and Speed.
She pointed out that the injured victims were taken to a private hospital for medical attention and the corpse was taken away by the family.
Mrs Okpe said that the FRSC sector commander advised motorists to shun speed and give maximum attention while driving and sympathised with the family of the victim.
No fewer than nine persons narrowly escaped death when their vehicles collided along the Orile-Imo section of the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway on Sunday.
The two vehicles involved, a Toyota car and a Mitsubishi bus, were said to be at high speed when they collided.
The Mitsubishi bus tumbled while the Toyota car skidded off the highway.
A witness, who spoke with newsmen on the condition of anonymity, disclosed that the excessive speed of the drivers led to the collision.
The witness said, “What I saw was that the vehicles were on a high speed when one lost control and collided with the other. I got there a few minutes after it happened.”
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident. She blamed excessive speeding on the part of the drivers as the cause of the accident.
“I can confirm that the accident happened along the Orile-Imo section of the Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway. There was no loss of life, although nine persons were involved, six males and three females, but the three females got injured and they have been taken to the Idera Hospital in Sagamu”, she said.
Seven commuters have reportedly lost their lives while three others sustained injuries in an auto crash at the Ogidi village axis along the Osogbo/Gbongan Road in Osun State.
The accident involved an ash colour Nissan Sharon car, with registration number: WWD57AE.
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According to witness account, the vehicle Driver, who was said to be traveling from Osogbo to Odeomu, was at high speed, lost control and fell into a ditch.
Confirming the incidence, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Osun State, Corps Commander Henry Benamaisia said ten persons were involved in the accident.
Mr Benamaisia explained that the injured victims had been rushed to the Osun State University Teaching Hospital Osogbo, while the remains of the deceased had been deposited in the morgue at the hospital.
He said two bags containing clothes were recovered from the accident scene.
The FRSC boss, however, advised motorists to always drive carefully and obey all traffic rules to avoid road crashes that may lead to loss of lives and property.
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,LASTMA, on Wednesday, said it rescued an Asthmatic patient and a driver in a car accident at Ajala inward Abule Egba, Lagos State.
This was contained in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Adebayo Taofiq.
According to the statement, an official of LASTMA, Ogunjobi, who led the rescue team confirmed that while driving in a one-way direction, the driver of the commercial Mitsubishi bus collided with a Toyota Sienna bus which led to the accident.
“He confirmed further that preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the Toyota Sienna bus had a head collision with the white commercial Mitsubishi bus while driving against the direction prohibited by Law (One-way)”.
He noted that the female asthmatic patient was rushed to a hospital for urgent medical care while the drivers of the two collided cars were handed over to the police.
“Immediately we arrived at the accident scene the driver of the commercial Mitsubishi white bus who had bruises over his body and another female asthmatic patient were rescued by LASTMA officials”
“LASTMA Ogunjobi disclosed that while the rescued female asthmatic patient was immediately rushed to BISAM hospital for urgent medical attention, drivers of both vehicles were handed over to policemen from Meiran police station for further investigation.” the statement read.
However, the General Manager of LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, has warned drivers to avoid using one way while driving.
“Driving against direction prohibited by Law (One-way) is against the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018,” he said.
No fewer than five people were confirmed dead on Sunday while 12 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident near the Foursquare Camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the development in an interview with newsmen in Abeokuta.
Okpe explained that the accident involved a DAF truck marked, KMC 810 ZB, a Toyota bus marked, TMA-244b XA and a Mitsubishi pickup van with no registration number.
The FRSC spokeswoman said that the accident occured at about 6:15 a.m. and was caused by excessive speeding, tyre blowout and loss of control on the part of the driver of the truck.
She noted that due to the tyre blowout and loss of control, the truck fell and blocked the road, noting that both the bus and the pickup van rammed into the fallen truck.
Okpe disclosed that 21 people were involved in the multiple crash, saying that 12 people were injured while five people died.
She stated that the injured people were taken to Victory Hospital in Ogere, near Abeokuta for medical attention while the dead were deposited at a morgue in Ipara community, near Abeokuta.
Okpe quoted the Ogun State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Anthony Uga, as advising motorists to desist from using sub-standard tyres and to also apply common sense while driving in this rainy season.
The sector commander sympathised with families of the victims, advising them to visit the Ogunmakin Unit of the FRSC for more information on the accident.
Fouryet-to-be-identified victims of a fatal automobile accident in the Adeniji Adele area of Lagos Island were rescued by operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Saturday.
This was disclosed in a statement by LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq.
Taofiq added that the two male and two female accident victims were immediately rushed to the hospital.
The statement read, “LASTMA Oladunni Ademola ‘Zebra’ (Zone 1 Sura) who led the rescue team disclosed that the lone accident involved a Toyota Sienna (MUS 706 EQ).
“Ademola disclosed further that preliminary investigation revealed that the driver was on top speed and could no longer control the vehicle after noticing the brake failure. He confirmed that LASTMA officials rescued four victims (two males and two females).
“Immediately after the accident happened, our officials with support from police officers from Adeniji Adele police command quickly intervened and rescued these four victims. The rescued four accident victims were immediately rushed to a General Hospital for medical attention.”
The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, advised motorists to be more careful and always check that their vehicles are in good condition before they embark on any journey.
Three persons have been confirmed dead and two others were injured yesterday in an accident involving a car and a truck on the Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway in Ogun state.
The Spokesperson of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta.
Mr Akinbiyi explained that the accident was caused by excessive speed and loss of control on the part of the car driver.
He also said three dead victims were men of God clothed in white apparel with robes coming from a deliverance service in the Oke-Aragbiji area of Osun state.
According to him, eyewitnesses said the driver lost control due to excessive speed, ran over the median, and hit and uprooted the street light before colliding head-on with the truck loaded with cement.
Mr Akinbiyi added that the injured victims were evacuated to Ijaye General Hospital in Abeokuta for treatment and the deceased were deposited at the hospital morgue.
The TRACE spokesperson commiserated with the deceased families, calling on motorists to eschew excessive speed and always take adequate rest before embarking on a journey.
Five people have been seriously injured in an accident involving a minibus and a truck along Dugbe, Oke Ado Road in Ibadan.
The incident which occurred around ten o’clock this morning caused gridlock around the axis.
A witness who did not want his name mentioned said the minibus conveying cosmetic products was coming from the Molete Axis to Dugbe before veering off to the other side of the road and ramming into the truck transporting cement.
Scene from the accident
He alleged that the minivan had been trying to evade being stopped by security personnel before getting to where the incident happened.
In the meantime, personnel of the Nigerian Police arrived promptly at the scene to restore order and supervise the evacuation of the victims to the nearest hospital.
A middle-aged vulcaniser on Saturday morning died after tyres from a truck got detached and slammed into him at high speed along with an iron rod.
The unfortunate incident happened in front of his vulcanizing stand, located along Fakunle Area, Osogbo, Osun State capital.
It was learnt that the accident, which occurred at about 7.00a.m, left many sympathisers traumatized, as the head of the deceased was reportedly broken by the impact of the tyres.
An eyewitness, who was lucky to have escaped being knocked down by the tyres, explained that the tyres (two tyres attached to a rim) bounced over his head and knocked down the vulcanizer, who was standing in front of him.
He said the tyres later bounced off, after hitting the vulcaniser, to knock down a woman that sells food close to the vulcanizer and her daughter. “I and my friend Murphy were discussing with the vulcanizer, where he was brushing his teeth with a chewing stick, before a woman that was traveling to Ore/Ondo called him for direction. “It was while giving direction to the woman that the tyres that flew off from the trailer knocked him down and killed him instantly. “If he had not gone to attend to the woman, he would not have been hit by the tyres.” he said.
Radio Nigeria learnt that the witness, and commercial motorcyclists chased after the trailer drivers, who veered into Ataoja Police Station in Osogbo, after sensing danger.
It is reported that the driver is now being detained by policemen at the Ataoja Police Station with the trailer.
However, the other two persons knocked down by the tyres, had been taken to Osun State University Teaching Hospital, where they are reported to be recuperating and treated.
The late vulcaniser’s corpse is also said to have been removed by his family members.
Efforts to speak with Osun Police Spokesperson, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, on the accident was unsuccessful as her phone number was not reachable.
A vehicle containing gas has exploded, leading to fire outbreak along Ode-Omu road, in Ayedaade Local Government of Osun State.
Radio Nigeria gathered that the incident affected other vehicles and killed some road users.
Confirming the incident, Osun State FRSC Sector Route Commander, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi who said some people were burnt beyond recognition, explained that those injured have been taken to Ise -Oluwa Medical center Odeomu, Osun State for prompt medical attention.
One woman has been reportedly died and two others injured in an accident between two motorcycles at mobil petrol station, Fajol, Obantoko, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the crash happened when the motorcycle conveying the woman, her husband who was the okada rider and their child were making their way towards Fajol, Obantoko, for the 1st church service of the year, attempted to avoid a head-on collision with another motorcyclist from an opposite direction.
Mr Akinbiyi explained that the woman, who was the rider’s wife, due to shock and not well balanced in her sitting position, fell and died instantly.
Accoding to him, the body of the dead woman had been taken away by the family for burial at Osiele axis while the other motorcyclist involved in the crash ran away.
The TRACE PRO, while commiserating with the families of the dead woman, advised motorcyclists to be cautious, patient and avoid excessive speed, particularly at narrow highways.
Ten persons have been reportedly burnt beyond recognition in multiple crashes that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun State Command, Mrs Florence Okpe confirmed the figure in a statement in Abeokuta.
Mrs Okpe, who explained that the fatal crash occurred at about thirteen minutes past two in the morning, said the accident involved a Mack Truck marked AKL198ZT, a Mazda bus with registration number FFE361XB, a tanker with no number plate and two other vehicles with no number plates.
She pointed out that the IVECO TRUCK lost control due to its excessive speed and smashed into the Tanker body which resulted in the fire outbreak.
The FRSC Public Education Officer said the burnt bodies were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital Sagamu while some of the burnt vehicles were towed off the road, leaving the tankers for the fuel content to be trans-loaded.
Mr Okpe noted that Sector Commander, FRSC Ogun Command commiserated with the family of the victims after visiting the scene of the incident.
He also advised motorists to drive cautiously, obey traffic rules and regulations as well as consider each other while driving.
Popular Gospel music minister, Dunsin Oyekan, has expressed gratitude to God after he survived a road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday.
Making the victory known on his Instagram page, Dunsin,affirmed that he was “perfectly okay” despite the accident.
He wrote, “Indeed God is Sweet to Worship (OLUWADUNSIN). God is my glory, the lifter up of my head.
“The keeper of Isreal neither sleeps nor slumber, he watches over his word to perform it.
“Glory to God now and forever more. I remain in awe of God!!! I’m perfectly ok. Body, Soul and Mind.
Four persons have been burnt to death while 16 others were injured when a bus conveying them burst into flame on Oniworo – Foursquare camp corridor of Lagos – Ibadan expressway.
The lone accident, which occurred 7:50 am on Friday, involved a Mazda bus with registration number APP934XH.
Superintendent Route Commander and Public Education Officer, Florence Okpe, who stated this on behalf of Sector Commander, FRSC Ogun Sector Command, Umar Ahmed, attributed the cause of the accident to excessive speed leading to loss of wheel control.
She stated that the Mazda bus rammed into the road median strip (road divider) and went up in flames.
“The injured victims were taken to Victory hospital Ogere for medical attention while the remaining four were burnt beyond recognition,” she stated.
She quoted the Sector Commander as reiterating the dangers of speed violation and advised motorists to obey traffic rules and regulations even as he condoled with the families of the deceased and pray that God should strengthen them for the losses.
Four persons including a commercial driver have been confirmed dead in an accident that occurred along Olokuta/Shasha Road, in Akure, Ondo State on Wednesday morning.
According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred when a Sienna bus, coming from Ondo axis had a head-on collision with a hummer bus coming from the Akure axis.
The four victims were said to have died instantly.
It took the intervention of motorists and residents around the area to rescue other passengers who were trapped in the vehicles.
Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC in Ondo State later got to the scene and removed the corpses of the victims to the mortuary.
The accident caused a gridlock on the Akure-Ondo road for several hours.
Tragedy struck today in Ado Ekiti as four people were feared dead and three others sustained severe injuries in an accident involving a truck and a taxi cab in Similoluwa area of the state capital.
The accident threw passers-by and families of the victims in wailing and mourning.
When Radio Nigeria got to the scene of the accident, sympathizers, motorists and commercial motorcyclists were seen rushing the victims to the hospital for medical attention while corpses of the dead had been deposited at the morgue of EKSUTH.
Many of the sympathizers blamed the truck driver for driving recklessly, while others believed that he was allegedly drunk. Some, however, claimed that the truck had brake failure.
A lady, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said that only God saved them from the same truck at Dalimore before the accident at Similoluwa.
Radio Nigeria observed that the drivers of the two vehicles were feared dead while the two vehicles were badly damaged beyond repair.
A yet to be confirmed number of persons have lost their lives and many others injured in a lone accident at quarry area of Lagos – Ibadan express way.
A witness Mr Olarewaju Akinrinade who explained that, the accident which occurred around 4:00 o’clock in the evening, on Saturday, said, 18 seater bus was coming from Lagos when suddenly the rear tyre got burst and the vehicle somersaulted before going into flames.
He said, those that lost their lives were trapped in the bus while others were able to crawl out of the vehicle though with various degrees of burns.
Mr Akinrinade who alerted radio Nigeria of the incident commended the station for their promptness in notifying the officials of the federal road safety corp.
The injured had been taken to an undisclosed hospital while the dead were also evacuated from the accident scene.
No fewer than four persons are reported dead in a ghastly accident involving a Toyota Sienna bus and a truck along Oke Axis of Ilesa-Akure Expressway, Osun State.
The casualties in the crash were two men, a woman and a baby, while others sustained various degrees of injuries.
An officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ilesa, Mr David Olanrewaju, who attributed the accident to a failure of the truck’s braking system, explained that the impact would have been minimal if the affected vehicles were moving within the speed limit.
Also confirming the number of the casualties, a staff of Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, who craved anonymity, said those injured had been treated at the emergency unit.
