Sunday, May 26, 2024 - No fewer than four people have lost their lives while another four were injured on Sunday in an accident that occurred at about 12:40 p.m. around MRI, Mosimi along the Sagamu-Ogijo-Ikorodu area of Ogun State.
The crash involved a wine-coloured Toyota Sienna bus with registration
number LND945EL and a white convoy bus with registration number AKD232XV.
The fatal crash was blamed on wrongful overtaking and excessive
speeding, leading to a head-on collision of the two vehicles.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command, Federal Road Safety
Corps, Florence Okpe revealed this in a statement sent to journalists on Sunday
The injured were said to have been taken to the Dasochris Hospital at
Gbaga, Ogijo, while the relatives of the dead were said to have come around to
claim their corpses for burial.
The statement partly read, “Rescue operation was carried out today,
Sunday, 26th May 2024, by a team from FRSC Mosimi Unit Command at MRI on a
crash that occurred at about 1240 hrs.
“The crash involved two vehicles with the following details:
wine Toyota Sienna with registration number LND945EL and a white Convoy Bus
with registration number AKD232XV.
“Eight people were involved in the crash.
Six male adults, one female adult and one female child.”
Okpe said that the four deceased included
two male adults, one female adult and one female child while four male adults
were injured.
“The injured victims were taken to Dasochris
Hospital, Gbaga, Ogijo, while the family took custody of the corpses.
“The suspected causes of the crash were
speed and wrongful overtaking which led to the rear collision of the two
vehicles,” the statement added.
The Sector Commander, Ogun Sector Command,
Anthony Uga has sympathised with the families of the crash victims.
Uga advised motorists to desist from
overspeeding and give total attention to driving, as it is very important to be
sure of when to overtake and not at will.
He further urged motorists to ensure road
markings on overtaking are obeyed.
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