Leadership (Abuja)
George Agba
9 November 2009
Abuja — Four persons were at the weekend killed in an auto crash at the Ogere end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, while 12 others were seriously injured when three vehicles were involved in the accident.
The Federal Road Safety Commission{FRSC} records has it that the dead included three males and a female occupants of the vehicles while the seriously injured, who are now on danger list at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, consist of eight male and four female passengers in the accident involving commercial vehicles.
The Sector Commander Ogun State of FRSC, Mr. Olu-Mike Olagunju, in a telephone interview, informed that one of the three vehicles involved in the crash was pushed off the road into the ditch. The three vehicles in the accident, which occurred at KM 66, around the Iperu Bridge, included a white Peugeot Station Wagon BE 994 AKD, a white Mazda BusXN628 AAA and an unmarked yellow towing truck.
The FRSC boss, confirmed that 16 people were involved in the accident, attributing the sad development to the inability of he drivers to give sufficient space to another vehicle. "That kind of accident could have been avoided if motorists will be patient enough to give enough space to the next vehicle, either behind or in front. More so, the accident happened in the night.
It could have happened in the afternoon if the vehicles had given themselves enough space. One of the vehicles involved was pushed into the ditch because the three were too close to one another," he said. He said the rescue operation deposited the corpses at the mortuary of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital {SOUTH},Sagamu.
He advised motorists to observe safety regulations on the road, saying extra care needed to be taken especially during the ember months and at night.
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