Four persons were confirmed dead while two others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a fatal accident which occurred Thursday night in Abeokuta metropolis, the Ogun State capital.
The accident, which occurred around 9p.m. at the Enu-Gada axis of the popular Lafenwa Market in the Abeokuta North local government area involved a Mack truck with Lagos registration number AAA 86 XX, which rammed over one Honda CRV car marked Lagos EKY 857 GU and two other commercial motorcycles with registration numbers Ogun DE 968 VC and Ogun AAB 387 VP respectively.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the red-coloured granite-laden truck had developed a mechanical fault resulting in a break failure while descending the Totoro slope thereby, forcing it to ram over the two commercial motorcycles popularly referred to as “Okada” before crashing on the Honda CRV.
This however, resulted in the instant death of the two motorcyclists and their passengers, while the driver of the Honda CRV and a pedestrian sustained life-threatening injuries.
Public Relations Officer of the state’s Traffic Compliance and Enforcement agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed the crash to LEADERSHIP, explaining that the injured victims were rescued by the TRACE operatives to a nearby hospital, while corpses of the deceased have also been deposited at the morgue.
“Initially, 6 persons were presumed dead, including the injured Honda CRV driver and a pedestrian but they were revived due to the efforts of the 1st responders and members of the public who gathered at the scene of the crash.
“Unfortunately, the driver and the motor boy disappeared and were nowhere to be found by the time the truck stopped,” Akinbiyi said.
Explaining that the accident initially affected traffic in the entire Lafenwa Market down to Brewery Bust Stop, as well as to the Totoro stretch of the highway, Akinbiyi disclosed that it took the quick intervention of TRACE operatives to clear the road where traffic was previously brought to a complete halt.
