Monday, October 14, 2024 - A couple and one other man were crushed to d@ath by a truck along Sagamu-Ogijo road in Ogun State.
The crash which involved a
Foton truck with registration number EKY 778 XM, a space wagon car with
registration number AM299AHD, and a Bajaj motorcycle with number plate JGB 265
WG occurred on Sunday, October 13, 2024.
The Spokesperson for Ogun State Police
Command, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the crash in a statement on Sunday
blamed the accident on the alleged recklessness of the truck driver who lost
control and hit the motorcycle the couple and the space wagon car.
“The incident near Lafarge Company
along the Sagamu-Ogijo Expressway in Sagamu, Ogun State involved a Foton truck
with the registration number EKY 778 XM, for which the driver’s name and
address are currently unknown; a Space Wagon car with the registration number
AM 299 AHD, driven by one Wahab Ogunyemi and a Bajaj motorcycle with the
registration number JGB 265 WG, ridden by one Moses Ekpolo, a 25-year-old,
along with his 19-year-old wife, Josephine Ekpolo,” the statement read.
"The driver of the
truck suddenly lost control leaving his lane and collided with the motorcycle
from behind, causing it to hit the space wagon car simultaneously.
"The motorcycle rider,
his wife, and a passenger in the space wagon car, Kolawole Moshood, all
suffered serious injuries.
They were promptly taken to Idera Private
Hospital in Sagamu, where they were pronounced d@ad upon arrival.
“Their bodies have been transferred to
Idera Mortuary in Sagamu.”
The PPRO warned articulated
vehicles to always drive safely and urged road users to give reasonable gaps to
articulated vehicles on the road.
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