Three persons have lost their lives while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in multiple accidents on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The TRACE spokesperson said, “According to eyewitness accounts, the Mack truck had a propeller problem and could not be towed.
”However, after managing to move it off the road, with caution tape and cones used to separate/barricade it from the road, the tricycle, due speed rammed into it from the rear in the wee hours of the night, with the driver losing his life on the spot because of the impact of the collision. ”While the Nissan Pick Up Van also rammed into it from the rear in the early hours of this morning killing also the driver and one of the motor boys,” he said.
He noted that the injured victims had been rescued to a state hospital in Ifo for treatment and the presumed dead victims had already been deposited at the same hospital morgue.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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