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Osun Oil Truck Mishap Leaves Eight Dead, 36 Injured
- Ibrahim said the accident, which involved 61 persons, occurred at 1:20 a.m.
At least eight persons were killed in the early hours of Saturday following an accident involving palm oil laden truck on Gbongan-Osogbo expressway in Osun state.
Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Osun, Kudirat Ibrahim, made this known on Saturday.
According to a statement issued by Agnes Ogungbemi, the command’s spokesperson, in Osogbo, 36 others had sustained various degrees of injuries in the solitary accident.
Ibrahim said the accident, which involved 61 persons, occurred at 1:20 a.m., on Saturday, opposite Ataoja Overhead bridge, along Abere, Osogbo-Gbongan expressway.
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“An articulated vehicle, a blue truck Volvo with number plate KMC 35 ZJ, loaded with Palm oil, lost control on the Ataoja-overhead bridge.
“The vehicle, which was heavily loaded with Jerry cans of palm oil and over 60 passengers, was trying to ascend the ramp.
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“The vehicle lost control, rolled backwards and fell by the side into the drainage, throwing off the jerry cans on passengers and killing some in the process,” she said.
She said the injured had been taken to Ladoke Akintola University Teaching (LAUTECH), and Asubiaro Hospitals, both in Osun.
The Sector Commander implored motorists, especially carriage and articulated vehicles, to always follow road safety regulations.
Ibrahim urged road users to avoid violating safety rules that often endangered their lives and those of other innocent citizens.
She, however, said the command had in a swift response, also deposited the corpses in a morgue and cleared the highway to avoid gridlock.
(NAN)
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