4 die in two separate accidents in Ogun

Two separate accidents that happened on Easter Saturday along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road and Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway in Ogun State have left four people dead.

The separate traffic updates from the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said that the first accident along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road occurred at about 7 a.m. at the Odorasanyin area near the VIO office in Ijebu-Igbo.

According to the TRACE spokesperson, a Dangote truck had driven in the wrong direction and collided with another truck loaded with cow skin.

The impact of the collision led to the trucks catching fire and three of the four occupants being burnt to death.

He said, “A fatal accident happened at Odorasanyin near the VIO Office, Ijebu-Igbo, at about 0645hrs.

“On eyewitness account, the RTA was caused due to reckless driving on the part of a Dangote truck, leaving his lane to face the containerised truck, which led to a head-to-head collision, and the vehicles later caught fire.

Also Akinbiyi noted that another accident occurred at Gbara village along the Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway with one person dead.

He added that the accident involved a motorcycle that crashed and somersaulted due to excessive speed.

“According to the eyewitness, it was due to the excessive speeding and loss of control on the part of the rider that caused the motorbike to somersault.

“Two male adults were involved, one male adult died while the other was injured.

“Before our arrival, FRSC officers had rescued the wounded accident victim to GASOCHRIS Hospital in Ita-Sanni while the presumed dead had been deposited at Fakoya Hospital Morgue in Sagamu,” Akinbiyi concluded.