Early on Friday morning, a collision involving two cars and two motorbikes at the Toll Gate on the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway resulted in two fatalities and one injury.
In a statement released on Friday morning, Florence Okpe, the spokeswoman for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, said that the accident involved a Volvo trailer with the license plate T 14223 LA, a Volkswagen bus with the license plate KRD132XX, and two Boxer Bajaj motorcycles with the license plates LAR178VL and PKA873VS. It also involved three other vehicles, including two buses.
Okpe claimed that a rescue operation was conducted by FRSC members of the Otta Unit Command.
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The FRSC spokesperson said the suspected cause of the fatal crash was wrongful overtaking and excessive speed by the Volvo Trailer.
Okpe said this led to a collision with one of the motorcycles and others involved in the accident.
The statement partly read, “A total of 3 persons were involved which comprised of 02 male adult and a female adult. One male adult was injured while 02 were recorded dead from the crash. 01 male adult and 01 female adult.
“The suspected cause of the fatal crash was wrongful overtaking and excessive speed on the truck driver’s part which led to the collision with a Boxer motorcycle with registration number LAR 178 VL. This also led to a crash in the second vehicle with the number (KRD132XX, Volkswagen) and another motorcycle with registration number PKA873VS respectively. The dead victims were deposited at the Ifo General Hospital morgue.”
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