Tragedy strucK, Saturday, in Ijoko, Ifo Local
Government in Ogun State when an articulated truck
crushed a yet-to-be-identified pregnant woman and
four others to death. The multiple accident also left
three critically injured.
The accident which occurred at about 1:00p.m. at
Odo-Alamo Road, Ijoko axis of the state, involved a
truck with registration number XZ 640-EPE, two
okada with registration numbers DGB 740 QB and
MEK 957 QC and a Honda car marked SMK 765-AV.
Commuters plying the road watched in horror as the
bodies of the five deceased were crushed beyond
recognition.
Aside the truck driver whom Vanguard gathered fled
after the accident, two others including a teenager
were in a critical condition and taken to an unknown
hospital.
Relatives of the deceased were seen wailing
uncontrollable after confirming that those that died
were their loved ones.
The residents attributed the cause of the crash to the
bad portion of the road which has turned to a
nightmare to commuters and other road users.
Speaking to Vanguard, Mr. John Ayo, the only
conscious survivor of the accident said: “The truck
was conveying cement to a construction site. Due to
the slope, coupled with the terrible state of the road,
the truck driver lost control, thereby causing injuries
or death to eight persons.
Mrs. Adebimpe Akintunde, another eyewitness said:
“When I saw the way the truck driver drove past my
shop, I knew something would happen.
“Immediately, I rushed out to see the truck. On
getting to this spot, it actually lost control and
crushed the okada and the vehicle ahead of him,
Akintunde said.
Policemen who arrived the scene later took the
corpses to the mortuary while the cause of the
accident and the search for the truck driver was said
to have started.
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