Truck crushes pregnant woman, minor to death in Ogun

A pregnant woman and a minor were on Friday crushed to death by a truck along the Abeokuta-Ibadan expressway in Ogun state.

It was gathered that the cement-laden truck with registration number BDJ 112 XF lost control and rammed into a building, killing two and injuring four other occupants of the building.

The spokesperson of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, said the truck was travelling to Ibadan from Ewekoro when the driver lost control and rammed into the building.

Akinbiyi attributed the cause of the accident to excessive speeding leading to loss of control which made the truck driver ram into the building.

He noted that police officers were deployed to the scene of the incident to prevent youths who were angered by the accident from causing chaos.

The TRACE spokesperson added that the corpses of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue of the Odeda General Hospital.

He said: “Corpses of the pregnant woman and minor, male have been deposited at Odeda General Hospital morgue while the remaining accident victims rescued to Ajitola Hospital At Kila, for medical treatment.

“There was a deployment of more policemen to calm the situation because of the angry villagers.

“This (accident) is a sad and unfortunate incident coming against the backdrop of reported crashes that happened back to back for the past three days across the state.

“The dead victims in this unfortunate incidence were all occupants of the building, living and domiciled therein.

“While TRACE commiserates with the family of the deceased, articulated drivers are enjoined to avoid speeding and also ensure they maintain as well as service their vehicles as at when due to avoid this avoidable crashes,” Akinbiyi stated.

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