Ghastly auto crash kills 1, injures 3 along Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Tragedy struck around Kara, Ayetoro area on the Lagos – Ibadan expressway when an accident involving two trucks claimed the life of one person and injured three others in the process.

Speaking with newsmen on Sunday Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), said that the accident involved a DAF truck marked XB 989 KTG and another truck marked FKY 669 XZ.

Akinbiyi noted that the accident which happened around 6:02 a.m occurred when the driver of the DAF truck conveying livestock apparently slept off on the wheels, lost control and rammed into the truck ahead.

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“We learnt the driver of the truck conveying livestock and goats, which was inbound Lagos from Kano, dozed off behind the wheels, due to fatigue and in the process lost control, hitting the truck ahead.

“The three injured victims and the deceased were all occupants of the truck conveying livestock and goats.

“The Hausa community has taken the injured victims for treatment while the corpse of the dead was also released by the police for burial according to Islamic injunctions,” he said.

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