No fewer than two people lost their lives on Saturday, while seven others sustained injuries in a road accident at J4, along the Sagamu/Ijebu-Ode/Ore highway, Ogun State.
The accident, which occurred at about 3:35pm on Saturday, involved two vehicles: a Chevrolet SUV with registration number WWW75MW, and a truck marked SRA584XB.
The spokesperson for Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, who confirmed the accident in a statement, said six men and one woman were injured, while one man and one woman died in the crash.
“The suspected causes of the crash were excessive speed and road obstruction.
“The jeep driver rammed into the station truck due to speeding.
“The injured victims were rescued by a good Samaritan driver that was driving behind them and took them to hospital for medical attention, while the corpses were deposited at the state General Hospital morgue, Ijebu-Ode by FRSC operatives,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ogun, Anthony Uga, advised motorists to always apply caution while driving, urging them to maintain the stipulated speed limit, especially during this period of high vehicular movement.
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