Two persons died early Sunday morning
after a truck crushed a herdsman in Ogun state in an accident which
occurred at Obada Oko area along the old Lagos-Abeokuta expressway,
Abeokuta.
The accident involved two trucks, a green coloured
Austin Tipper truck with registration number (LAGOS) KJA168 XP and a
wine coloured DAF truck marked (OGUN) TRE 270 XA.
The accident
occurred around 2:00 am on Sunday morning when a group of Fulani
herdsmen were rearing their cattle along the expressway at Obada Oko in
the Ewekoro local government area of the state.
Our correspondent
gathered that the driver of the sand filled Austin tipper truck only
sighted the herdsmen and their cattle on the expressway at the last
minute and while attempting to apply his break he lost control.
The
driver of the tipper truck and his motor-boy, whose identities could
not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report died on the spot
after their truck had veered off the expressway and crashed into the
bush.
Confirming the accident to PM News,the Public Relations
Officer, PRO of the State’s Traffic Enforcement and Compliance Corp
(TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi disclosed that the driver of the other DAF
truck which was fast approaching the scene of the crash, also lost
control of his vehicle, swerved off the road and eventually crashed into
the nearby bush.
A cow that died as a result of the auto crash
Akinbiyi added that the two occupants of the DAF truck however, escaped the crash unhurt.
The two vehicles have been towed to the Corp’s garage in Abeokuta while the dead cow has been parked to the side of the road.
Meanwhile, the remains of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue at Ifo General Hospital.
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