- Police Officer Burnt To Death In Ogun Highway Crash
- Akinbiyi explained that preliminary findings showed the accident happened after the driver of the truck allegedly drove against traffic
- Three Injured
A police officer attached to a bullion van escort team was burnt to death in a tragic auto crash along the Sagamu–Siun–Kabape–Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the accident, which occurred at the Iyana Obafe area near the President Muhammadu Buhari Estate on Saturday, also left three other persons with varying degrees of injuries.
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The crash involved a Bemil bullion van, two Toyota Hilux escort vehicles and a Silo truck with registration number KRD 945 YL.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, said four persons were involved in the accident while travelling inbound Siun.
According to him, three victims sustained injuries while one police officer attached to the escort team was burnt beyond recognition after the collision.
Akinbiyi explained that preliminary findings showed the accident happened after the driver of the truck allegedly drove against traffic and collided head-on with one of the escort vehicles.
“The driver of the truck drove against traffic, resulting in a head-on collision with one of the escort vans, which led to the death of the police officer attached to the escort team,” he said.
Operatives of TRACE, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Amotekun Corps were reportedly at the scene for rescue operations and traffic control.
The injured victims were taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), formerly OSUTH, by good Samaritans for medical treatment, while the remains of the deceased officer were deposited at the Owode Egba General Hospital morgue.
TRACE added that normal traffic flow had since been restored after the damaged vehicles were evacuated to Papa Oscar Yard in Siun.
