A police personnel has died and five other persons have been reportedly injured in an accident around Saiten Petrol Station along the Abeokuta-Lagos highway on Tuesday night.
The accident was caused by a speeding truck belonging to the Dangote Cement factory in Ogun State, AllNews Nigeria learnt.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday disclosed that nine vehicles were involved in the crash, including the Dangote truck, a tipper, a yellow bus, an armoured tank, a Toyota RAV4 and three motorcycles.
The FRSC spokesman in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, explained that eight persons; seven male adults and one female adult were involved in the crash.
Okpe said four male adults and one female adult were injured.
"One person was killed, while two were unhurt.”
Blaming the crash on speeding and wrongful overtaking by the Dangote truck driver, she said the truck lost control and crashed into other vehicles from the rear.
She explained that the Dangote truck later plunged into the river.
"The Toyota RAV4 car went up in flames due to the impact of the collision.
"The fire was extinguished with the help of the filling station’s fire extinguisher, but some motorcycles were burnt.
“The injured victims were taken to the General Hospital in Ota for medical attention.
“One person identified as the police officer, who was on duty, got injured and was also taken to the hospital by the FRSC rescue team, but he later died,” Okpe stated.
Meanwhile, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ogun, Ahmed Umar, sympathised with the victims’ families, advising motorists to always obey traffic rules.
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