One injured in Lagos-Abeokuta road crash
One person has been injured after an IVECO truck on Friday rammed into a Toyota Corolla at Ayedere via Obada-Oko, outbound Abeokuta, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in the Ewekoro Local Government Area.
This is according to a traffic update of the accident, sent to the Peoples Gazette on Saturday, by the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi.
The update stated that the accident happened 9:50 a.m., adding that the truck’s tyre blew up before ramming the Toyota car with registration number FST 568 FN, into a ditch.
It stated that a Good Samaritan rescued the injured victim taken to the Obada Health Center for treatment, before officials of TRACE, Federal Road Safety Commission and the police arrived the scene.
It read, “An eyewitness reported that a blown tyre caused the truck to knock the car into the ditch.
“No of occupant: Four; No of death: Nil; No of injured: One; Action taken: The injured victim had been rescued by a good Samaritan to Obada Health Center, before our arrival.”
It also disclosed that one “Papa Oscar,” contacted officials for the preliminary findings, after which the damaged vehicles were evacuated from the road to the Obada Police Station for further investigation.
It also added that normalcy has been restored on the road for free vehicle passage.
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