Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - Two separate accidents that occurred on Sunday, the Eid-il-fitr day, in Ogijo, Ogun State and Maryland area of Lagos State, have left two people dead and 11 others injured.
According to Punch, the Ogijo accident occurred around 6 am on Sunday when a truck had a tyre burst and collided with a Mazda passenger bus, killing one person and injuring 11.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi noted that the victims were rescued at a nearby
hospital by emergency responders for treatment
He said, “A fatal accident occurred at Five Star area in
Ogijo at about 6:15hrs on Sunday. It involved a six-tyre truck with
registration number GBE 243 XB and a Mazda bus with registration number KSF 542
YG.
“Thirteen people were involved in the accident including two
persons in the truck and 11 persons in the Mazda bus. One person was recorded
dead while 11 persons were injured.
“According to the truck driver, the accident was caused by
his truck due to a sudden burst of his front right tyre that led the truck to
lose control and hit a stationed 18-seater Mazda bus that was picking
passengers from the rear.”
He concluded that the accident led to traffic build-up in
the rear, but the situation was brought under control by the emergency
responders comprising of TRACE, police and Federal Road Safety Corps officials.
In a similar accident, the spokesperson for the Lagos State
Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed that an accident
involving two mini-buses along the Maryland axis left a pedestrian dead.
Taofiq noted that a mini-bus veered off the road due to
speeding and rammed into another mini-bus and a pedestrian who was waiting to
board a bus.
He said, “The fatal collision involved two Suzuki mini
commercial buses (Korope) bearing registration numbers EPE 279 YJ and BDG 558
YG.
“Preliminary inquiries indicate that one of the vehicles,
owing to reckless over-speeding, veered out of control and violently rammed
into a stationary mini-bus before mercilessly mowing down the unsuspecting
pedestrian.”
Taofiq noted that emergency responders, including LASTMA
officials and officials of the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit
“undertook the dignified evacuation of the deceased’s remains to the General
Hospital, Ikeja.”
Reacting to the accident, the Special Adviser to the Lagos
State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, extended condolences to the
deceased’s family.
Giwa who spoke through Taofiq, stressed the need for drivers
to conduct routine maintenance of their vehicle to prevent avoidable crashes
and loss of life.
“Ensuring road safety is a collective responsibility.
Indiscriminate speeding and flagrant disregard for traffic laws constitute an
existential threat to public safety. I implore all motorists to strictly
operate within legal parameters to avert needless loss of human lives,” he
stated.
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