Two persons died, four injured in road accident along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway
Two persons were reportedly dead while four others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Nissan Cabster and a Mack truck at Iyana Egbado, Itori on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.
Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Saturday.
According to Umar, the accident occurred at 6:00 a.m and it involved a Cabster marked KTU 142 XH and a truck with registration number T-12736 LA.
He explained that the Nissan vehicle rammed into the stationary truck which had a flat tyre, adding that a total of seven men were involved in the accident, of which four were injured, two dead while one person was unhurt.
Umar said the deceased persons and injured victims were taken to General Hospital, Ifo for appropriate attention.
The sector commander commiserated with the family of the crash victims and enjoined them to contact FRSC Itori command for more information about the crash.
He advised motorists to avoid indiscriminate parking of vehicles by the road side, adding that “If there’s a break down, proper placement of road signs should be put in order to alert incoming vehicles.”
