Sunday, September 1, 2024 -A single-vehicle crash involving a white Toyota Camry with registration number AGL36JA occurred at Kere, Itori, along the Abeokuta-Sango-Lagos road at about 11 pm on Saturday.
The incident resulted in the death of two children, while seven other
occupants of the car were injured.
The accident has been attributed to overloading and excessive speed.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road
Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists
on Sunday.
The injured were taken to Ifo General Hospital, while the bodies of the
deceased were also deposited at the same hospital.
The statement reads in part: “Operatives from the FRSC Itori Unit
Command carried out a rescue operation on Saturday, 31st August 2024, at Kere,
Itori, following a crash that occurred at about 2300hrs.
“It was a single-vehicle crash involving a white Toyota Camry with registration number AGL36JA.
“A total of 7 male adults, 1 male child, and 1 female child were
involved in the crash. The male child and the female child were killed, while
the others sustained various injuries.
“The injured victims were taken to General Hospital, Ifo, and the
corpses were deposited at the morgue.
“The suspected causes of the crash were excessive speed and overloading.
The car was overloaded with passengers,” Okpe said.
The Ogun State Sector Commander, Akinwumi Fasakin, condemned the crash,
describing it as indicative of a disregard for life by the driver and
passengers, who saw nothing wrong with the car being grossly overloaded.
Fasakin urged motorists to avoid overloading their vehicles with goods
or passengers, as it is dangerous for the driver and other road users and
contravenes traffic regulations.
He also extended his condolences to the families of the crash victims
and wished a speedy recovery to those injured.
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