3 killed, 7 injured in separate Ogun highway crashes

Three folks misplaced their lives whereas seven others have been injured in two totally different accidents in Ogun State on Saturday.

The crashes occurred alongside the Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway and the Ota-Idiroko Road.

Confirming the incidents, the spokesman of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, mentioned the primary crash occurred round 4:10 p.m. close to Kam Steel on the Sagamu-Ikorodu route.

According to him, a pickup van drove out from the Kam Steel entry highway and hit a tricycle, which overturned within the course of.

He defined that eight individuals have been affected within the crash; one girl died on the spot, whereas two different girls have been injured.

The injured have been taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, for remedy, whereas the corpse was deposited within the hospital’s morgue.

The second accident occurred earlier, at about 3:25 p.m., at Agarawu, Winners space, alongside the Ota-Idiroko Road.

Akinbiyi mentioned it concerned a yellow Howo truck and a TVS tricycle.

He attributed the crash to brake failure, which made the truck driver lose management and ram into the tricycle.

“Nine people were involved in the second crash. A man and a woman died, while five others sustained injuries.”

He said that the injured had already been taken to hospital earlier than rescue officers arrived, and one of many corpses was launched to kinfolk, whereas the opposite was taken to the General Hospital morgue, Ifo.

Akinbiyi mentioned TRACE officers, alongside different emergency responders, cleared the scenes and restored site visitors move.

He condoled with the households of the deceased and urged motorists to at all times preserve their autos and prioritise security.