By Ayobami Ife, Abeokuta
Barely five hours after an auto crash involving three vehicles left seven people dead and four others with multiple injuries on Ogun State corridor of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway yesterday, another multiple vehicles accident occurred on Ogun State stretch of Sagamu – Ikorodu road, leaving 18 people, including a Road Traffic Officer, dead and four others with injuries same yesterday.
Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) Chief Route Commander and Public Education Officer for Sector Commander, Ogun State, Florence Okpe, who confirmed this in a release on behalf of the sector commander, Fasakin Akinwumi, said when the FRSC rescue team was carrying out the rescue operation, another vehicle ran into the officers as a result of brake failure and kìlled one FRSC staff member.
Okpe stated that the injured victims were taken to Dasochris Hospital Gbaga while the remains of the dead were deposited at OOUTH.
“FRSC Mosimi unit Command carried out rescue operation on Ikorodu – Sagamu road on a crash that occurred on Saturday 5 April at about 1600 hrs .The crash involved 07 vehicles with registration numbers as follows:
AGL752YC (Toyota Hiace bus),
T14007LA (Daf truck),
HT680 (Honda car), unmarked Daf truck, a pickup marked STF10204,
AGG448Q (motor bike) and
PKA214WS(Bajaj bike).
“A total of 22 people were involved in the multiple crash ( 14 male , 6 female and 01 child) 04 people were injured and
18 persons were killed including one of the rescue officer who happened to be an FRSC personnel.
“This happened when vehicle one and two crashed and the FRSC rescue team were carrying out the rescue operation when another vehicle ran into them as a result of brake failure and killed FRSC staff.
“The injured victims were taken to Dasochris Hospital Gbaga while the deceased were deposited at OOUTH.
“The Sector Commander is pained over the recklessness of drivers and the number of crashes recorded today and is attributed to speed and brake failure.
“He advised motorists to drive within the stipulated speed limit and observe road signs as well,” Okpe stated.
