By Hope James
Four Persons have reportedly died in an auto crash in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, Edum News reports.
The accident was said to have occured around 9 p.m. at the Enu-Gada area of Lafenwa, in Abeokuta North Local Government, involved a Mack truck with registration number: (Lagos) AAA 86 XX, which rammed over a Honda CRV car marked: (Lagos) EKY 857 GU and two other commercial motorcycles with registration numbers: (Ogun) DE 968 VC and (Ogun) AAB 387 VP, respectively.
Edumnews gathered that the granite-laden truck had developed a mechanical fault resulting in a brake failure while descending the Totoro slope, thereby forcing it to ram over the two commercial motorcycles before crashing on the Honda CRV.
Two other victims however, sustained varying degrees of injuries and are currently undergoing treatment.
Confirming the accident in Abeokuta, Public Relations Officer of the state’s Traffic Compliance and Enforcement agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, explained that the injured victims were rescued by the TRACE operatives to a nearby hospital, while the corpses of the deceased have also been deposited at the morgue.
He stated that the driver and motor boy of the truck disappeared after the accident and are still at large.
He stated, “Initially, 6 persons were presumed dead, including the injured Honda CRV driver and a pedestrian, but they were revived due to the efforts of the 1st responders and members of the public who gathered at the scene of the crash”.
“The accident led to the instant death of the two motorcyclists and their pillion passengers, while the driver of the Honda CRV and a pedestrian sustained life-threatening injuries.
“Unfortunately, the driver and the motor boy disappeared and were nowhere to be found by the time the truck stopped”.
