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Trailer crushes Army officer to death in Ogun
A trailer loaded with granite stones on Friday, crushed a Nigerian Army officer, R. A. Nata’ala, to death at Iyana mortuary area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.
According to Ogun State Corps Commander/Chief Executive Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Olaseni Ogunyemi, the incident which occurred around 10.20 am involved a six-wheel truck with registration number JJJ 833 XW, a Mazda car, APP 272 DH and the army’s motorcycle, numbered PKA 567QD.
Ogunyemi who spoke through Abeokuta Divisional Commander, Deji Daudu, added that the truck loaded with granite, was coming from Ajebo-Idi-Aba road and heading towards Ijaiye, in Abeokuta when it swerved off its lane upon a failed brake, hit a Mazda car and crushed the soldier to death.
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He said the ugly incident occurred barely an hour after he left a commercial vehicle garage at Iyana Mortuary, where he led some operatives to lecture the vehicle owners and drivers of the importance of obeying traffic rules and regulations.
According to him, the dead victim had been taken to State Hospital Mortuary, Ijaiye, also in Abeokuta and the damaged vehicles, with assistance of FRSC, NSCDC, towed out of the road to enable free flow of traffic.
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