One Injured As Truck Crushes Couple To Death In Ogun Accident

A couple has been killed in an accident along the Sagamu-Ogijo Road in Ogun State.

Confirming the incident to journalists on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, explained that the accident occurred at about 7:40am.

He noted that the accident, which involved a Toyota Camry car, Sino truck, and a motorcycle around Odogbara, a few metres from the depot of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), was caused by excessive speeding reckless riding, and break failure on the part of the motorcycle without a registration plate.

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He aid the motorcycle hit the car at the rear and fell on the road after which the two passengers on the motorcycle were crushed by the truck coming behind, but the rider was injured.

Akinbiyi said a total of six persons were involved in the accident.

“According to an eyewitness account, the motorcyclist was inbound Sagamu from Ogijo axis when, in an attempt to overtake the Camry car after already overtaken three trailers, hit the car from behind and it fell on the road.

“The trailer marked AGL 505 WX coming behind ran over them and the two passengers died on the spot while the motorcyclist was injured. Unfortunately, the deceased were husband and wife,” he said.

Akinbiyi noted that the bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, while the injured was taken to a hospital.