Three pastors lost their lives on Saturday in an accident after their driver lost control on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway, Ogun State.Tw
Daud OlatunjiThree pastors lost their lives on Saturday in an accident after their driver lost control on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway, Ogun State.The spokesman for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the tragedy, said it occurred around 9.44am near Day Waterman College, a private school at Kobape, inbound Abeokuta.
According to Akinbiyi, the cause of the crash was sleeping behind the wheel, coupled with speeding and loss of control on the part of the Rio car driver.The TRACE spokesman, while quoting eyewitnesses, said the Rio car was occupied by a driver, a passenger and “three men of God” who were dressed in white robes.
“Suddenly, the driver lost control due to speeding as he was also dozing behind the wheels. He ran over the median, hit and uprooted the streetlight on the median before having a head-on collision with the Sino truck, which was loaded with cement and was outbound Abeokuta.
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