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Four persons lost their lives in no fewer than four crashes that occurred in different parts of Lagos and Ogun states on Monday.
The accidents, according to different statements from the Commandant of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Seni Ogunyemi, and the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, also left seven persons with varying degrees of injuries.
Giving an update on the Lagos accidents, Taofiq confirmed that at least three persons lost their lives when a truck with Dangote Cement inscription crashed into a tricycle and a parked car in the Ita-Opo area of Epe after a brake failure.
He added that the bodies of the victims of the Epe accident were taken to the Epe General Hospital.
Taofiq continued that six other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in two separate accidents along the Ijaiye inward Abule-Egba area and Tsunami Bridge in the Ketu area of the state.
LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, was quoted to have reiterated the importance of vehicular maintenance and implored all motorists to diligently ensure that their vehicles, particularly the braking systems, are in optimal condition before setting out on any journey. “Regular maintenance checks are crucial to preventing such calamitous incidents and preserving lives,” the statement noted.
Meanwhile, the TRACE Commandant in a traffic update to journalists on Monday disclosed that an early morning accident left a female passenger dead while one other sustained injuries.
He stressed that the accident occurred when a motorcycle rammed into a moving truck along the Agbara-Lusada Expressway in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area.
Ogunyemi added that the accident occurred at about 8 am and was caused by “wrongful overtaken and excessive speeding on the part of the motorcycle which made him rammed under the moving MAN DIESEL truck according to an eyewitness account.”
He identified the vehicles involved as a red colour MAN DIESEL FST 133 XU, and a BAJAJ motorcycle.
