Saturday, May 18, 2024 - Seven people were injured in an accident involving a Volvo truck carrying cows and two other vehicles on the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway on Saturday.
The two other vehicles involved in the multiple accident, which occurred at the Ibafo area of the expressway, were a blue luxury bus and a white Mazda bus.
Mrs Florence Okpe, the spokesperson, Federal
Road Safety Corps, FRSC in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta
on Saturday.
Okpe said that the accident occured at
5:35a.m, with 14 people and 16 cows involved.
According to her, the truck was conveying
cows and human beings together.
She said that the suspected cause of the
crash, which resulted in the death of some of the cows, was driver fatigue.
Okpe said that the persons injured in the
accident were taken to Divine Touch Hospital, Ibafo for medical attention.
The Sector Commander, Mr Anthony Uga,
according to her, has cautioned motorists on the dangers of carrying human
beings and animals together.
She quoted Uga as advising motorists to
always stop and rest for some minutes after four hours drive, to avoid fatigue
and be safety conscious.
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