Transportation

Pregnant Woman, Minor, Crushed to Death in Ogun Accident

By Web News 563

Two persons have been reportedly killed while four others sustained injuries in an accident involving a yellow cement DAF truck in Adewusi Village, via Kila, along Abeokuta/Ibadan highway.

The spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi told journalists in Abeokuta that the accident, involving a DAF truck with registration number BDJ 112XF occurred on Saturday.

He alleged that the driver of the DAF truck conveying a full load of cement, coming from Ewekoro, onward to Ibadan, was at an excessive speed, lost control and rammed into a building.

The TRACE spokesperson disclosed that three male adults and one minor were injured in the accident while one pregnant woman and one male minor died. 

He noted that the injured victims have been taken to Odeda General Hospital for medical attention while the presumed dead had been deposited at the hospital’s morgue. 

Mr Akinbiyi said a team of police officers were deployed to the scene of the incident to prevent youths who were angered by the accident from causing chaos.

While commiserating with the family of the deceased, Mr Akinbiyi implored drivers of articulated vehicles to avoid overspeeding and ensure up-to-date maintenance of their vehicles to prevent avoidable road crashes.

Francisca Irekpita                                    

Transportation

Ogun Traffic Agency Gives Update on Accidents, Offences

By Web News 712

Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, says eleven persons died in various road crashes while another forty-four others sustained injuries within the same period.

Spokesman of the agency, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, made this known in a statement in Abeokuta.

He explained that three hundred and forty five road traffic offenders were apprehended throughout the state during the ongoing COVID- 19 lockdown.

The TRACE spokesman hinted that officers of the agency turned back nine hundred and seventy two vehicles at various border towns in the state during the ongoing lockdown.

Mr. Akinbiyi stated that forty six point three one percent of the crashes was caused by speed, twenty four point four zero percent was caused  by dangerous driving while eight point six four percent caused by bad tyres.

He said seven point two eight percent of the crashes was caused by driving against traffic and thirteen point three seven percent by other reasons.

Wale Oluokun