TRUCK CRUSH WOMAN, GRANDDAUGHTER TO DEATH IN OGUN
A woman and her granddaughter were crushed to death by an Iveco truck in the Papalanto area of Ogun State on Friday.
It was gathered that the truck with registration number KJA166 XJ was said to have overtaken a tricycle with registration number TRE 627 VP, carrying the woman and her granddaughter.
Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said it happened in the early hours of Friday.
Akinbiyi attributed the cause of the accident to dangerous driving by the truck driver, adding that he fled the scene before being arrested.
He said, “Four people including two males and two females were involved in the accident with the two females crushed to death.
“According to an eyewitness account, the truck in an attempt to overtake the tricycle while both were in transit inbound Abeokuta, around Papalanto, dragged the tricycle along with it by the side in the process with the tricycle falling in its front before running over it, killing a grandmother and her granddaughter, who were the only occupants in the tricycle on the spot.
“Regrettably, the truck driver escaped from the scene before being arrested.”
He stated that the bodies of the deceased were handed over to their relatives while the injured tricycle driver was taken to an unknown hospital by a good samaritan.
Akinbiyi charged motorists to avoid dangerous and reckless driving given its attendant consequences.
This comes barely 24 hours after a truck reportedly rammed into a vehicle in Lafenwa area of the state, killing four persons and injuring two.
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