Car Rams Into Stationary Truck In Ogun Killing Five Persons
The Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ahmed Umar, said five persons lost their lives in an accident which happened along the Ota-Idiroko Road late Thursday night.
The FRSC boss, while speaking to journalists in Ota on Friday said the accident involved a Toyota Camry car with registration number APP 583G and a truck that had no number plate.
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He added that two persons were also injured in the crash.
He blamed the crash which happened at about 11:45pm on dangerous driving on the part of the driver of the car.
The sector commander said that the car lost control due to over-speeding and rammed into the stationary truck leading to the death of five people—three males and two females.
He said, “The corpses have been deposited at the morgue of Ota General Hospital while the survivors are receiving treatment at Cranft Hospital, Ota.”
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Umar described the crash as avoidable and advised motorists to avoid dangerous driving and to always obey traffic rules and regulations to prevent avoidable loss of lives.
He commiserated with the families of the dead victims and prayed to God to grant them the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable losses.
The sector commander called on them to contact the FRSC Command in Ota for details of the crash and to reclaim the property of the victims recovered from the accident scene.
