Dangote truck accident on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway claims seven lives

A multiple fatal crashes involving a Dangote Company truck on Saturday claimed lives of seven persons and other ten seriously injured within the axis of the old toll gate at Ota on  the Lagos  – Abeokuta Expressway.

Penpushing reports that, Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission, (FRSC, Ogun State Command, Florence Okpe made this known explaining that the  crash involved  a Dangote truck conveying cements ; a space wagon and a Volkswagon yellow coloured passengers  bus.

The Commission’s spokesperson said irate mob protesting the incident have set ablaze the  Dangote truck suspected to have caused the fatal crash, adding that as at the time of filing this report the  officials of the road safety commission  were still at the scene  managing the incident and has contacted the Fire Service to extinguish the inferno to make rescue operations faster .

Penpushing further reports that, she said  sister security and emergency agencies have been informed to assist in curtailing the situation, explaining that the  crash involved a total of 17  people made up of (6 male adults , 2 male children 8 female adults , and 1 female  child

The commission spokesperson said vehicles involved were  03;(a) Dangote Truck Ash  coloured with no registration number  (b)V\W Bus Yellow LSR128XP . (c) Sienna White APP122CD, adding that the suspeccted causes were speeding and mechanical deficiency suspected to be brake failure

“The total number of people killed  were  07  made up of 02 male adults , 03 female adults, 01 male child and  01 female  child .The number injured were : 10 (4 male adults and  6 female adults)”‘ she said, adding that the Injured victims were rescued  to General Hospital, Ota while the  corpses of the dead  victims were deposited at the  General Hospital Ifo morgue in Ogun State.

Penpushing reports that, Sector Commander, Ogun State Command Clement Oladele has commiserated with the relations of the victims and again warned that the area the crash occurred is a black spot notorious for frequent crashes , which has  claimed over  40 lives in the last five years  and called on motorists especially articulated vehicles to drive cautiously whenever using that section of the corridor .

The Sector Commander also advised passerbys to desist from turning into mobs and  resorting to self-help by  willfully  destroying public properties or accidented vehicles, irrespective of the level of provocations , as there are standard ways of reporting and handling griviancies to appropriate law enforcement agencies.

Penpushing also reports that, the Sector Commander explained that, “members of the public can obtain details of the crash at the Federal Road Safety Corps Command in Ota or contact the aforementioned medical facilities”