Transportation

Four Die in Sagamu-Ikorodu Road Accident

By Web News 403

By Adebola Ajayi

Four persons have reportedly lost their lives, while four others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road crash that occurred along Sagamu-Ikorodu Road.

The spokesperson of the Ogun State Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mrs Florence Okpe who made this to newsmen in Abeokuta, said the accident involved two vehicles: a Toyota Sienna with registration number LND 945 EL and a bus with registration number AKD 232 XV.

Mrs Okpe stated that the injured victims were taken to a private hospital in Gbaga, Ogijo, while the family took custody of the corpses.

She noted that the suspected causes of the crash were speed and wrongful overtaking which led to rear collision of the two vehicles.

Mrs Okpe disclosed that the Ogun State Sector Commander, Mr Anthony Uga who sympathized with the family of the crash victims, advised motorists to desist from over speeding and give total attention to safe driving always.

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Transportation

Another Crash Claims Lives on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

By Web News 391

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke

Two persons died while six people sustained varying degrees of injury in a lone crash that occurred around Car Park C Turning of the Redemption Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

The crash which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, 26 December 2023 involved a Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number ACA607XT.

In a statement, the Sector Commander, Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Anthony Uga said a total of 8 persons were involved (all adult male), out of which six sustained injuries while two deaths were recorded.

He blamed the lone crash on excessive speeding which led to the loss of control and made the vehicle crash into the road barrier.

Mr Uga said the injured victims were taken to a private hospital in Mowe and the corpses were deposited at the same hospital’s morgue.

The Sector Commander expressed displeasure over the attitude of drivers of not obeying basic traffic rules especially that of speed, which he noted has been the cause of most fatal crashes along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

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