Two die, seven injured in Ogun auto crash
…Few days after three died, 13 injured same spot
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By Sola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta)
NIGERIA: TWO persons died and seven others sustained series of injuries in a motor accident that occurred on Sunday along Odogbolu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway in Ogun State.
GatewayMail learnt that those killed were two males, while the injured persons are two females and five males.
The auto crash came barely few days after three passengers also died while 13 others were injured last Friday noon at the same spot.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliant and Enlightenment Corps (TRACE), Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi told GatewayMail that the accident occurred at the Nairaland Oil and Gas axis at Odogbolu junction.
Akinbiyi explained that the Ijebu-Ode bound Volvo car with registration number SMK 275CG was in a speed tussle with a Toyota Sienna car with registration number KRD 80 CL, which led to the crash.
He stated that the corpses of the two persons who died on the spot had been taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, while the injured persons were rushed to Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan for treatment.
Akinbiyi said that the last Friday auto crash occurred after a Toyota Hiace commercial bus had one of its tyres burst on motion.
The bus with registration number GGE 594 XT, according to him, was travelling from Lagos to Port Harcourt in Rivers State when it crashed into a median.
Akinbiyi further stated that the driver lost control when one of the tyres of the vehicle burst at the time he was alleged to be on phone call.
He said that the corpses of the three victims, including the driver, had been deposited at the mortuary of the General Hospital in Ijebu Ode.
According to him, the injured persons were also taken to the same hospital for treatment.
“Our operatives on ground at the scene said they gathered that the accident was caused by a tyre burst. One of the tyres burst on motion,” Akinbiyi said.
He added: “The late driver was also reported to be making call on his telephone and lost control of the vehicle before it crashed into a median.”
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