At least three persons, including a minor have died after a truck crashed into a minibus along the Daywaterman axis of the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway, Ogun State.
Confirming the incident to journalists on Sunday, the Head of Media and Publicity of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the accident occurred on Saturday evening.
According to Akinbiyi, the crash involved an unregistered truck and a campaign-branded minibus.
He noted that preliminary investigations revealed that the truck was being driven dangerously when it collided with the minibus from behind.
The impact of the collision led to the death of the three victims, while two others sustained injuries.
He said, “A fatal road traffic accident occurred at Daywaterman, very close to Onipepeye, inbound Abeokuta along the PMB Expressway on Saturday evening.
“It involved a Dongfeng truck belonging to the Ministry of Environment with no number plate and a Toyota minibus used for a campaign, also without a number plate.
“According to an eyewitness account, wrongful and dangerous driving on the part of the truck led it to hit the minibus from the rear, which resulted in the accident.”
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He added that five people were involved, with three fatalities and two injured.
“Five casualties were involved, out of which two females were injured, while three persons — a minor and two adult males — died.
“The Ogun State Ambulance Service and the FRSC were contacted. While the injured victims were rescued by their families before our arrival, the deceased were taken to Ijaye General Hospital by FRSC,” Akinbiyi added.
Earlier reports indicated that on April 9 a driver died while four others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a Toyota Highlander rammed into a truck at the Lifemate axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Akinbiyi had said the accident involved a white Toyota Highlander Jeep with number plate ABC 836 EF and a DAF truck with number plate DTF 997 XA, noting that the Jeep rammed into the truck, leaving the driver trapped in the wreckage.