Pregnant woman, others crushed in road accident

-Driver of the truck that caused accident is now at large

Pregnant woman, others killed in road accident

Seven individuals, with a pregnant woman inclusive, have been killed in an accident.

The accident which involved a white Volvo truck and a red Nissan blue bird occurred at mechanic village along OGTV/Ajebo road in Abeokuta.

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps for Ogun, Mr Clement Oladele confirmed the fatal incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday.

Oladele stated that the accident happened on Tuesday night.

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Oladele rvealed that that the truck with registration plate number: KJA 731 XP had break failure and lost control resulting in the head-on collision with the blue bird car with registration number: ED 638 EKY, coming from opposite direction.

“The truck was coming from OGTV road going into Abeokuta, while the car was going to Mile 6. The truck had break failure, lost control and crossed to the opposite lane and hit the incoming vehicle.

“The accident involved nine people – seven males, one female and one child, but five males, one female and one child died in the accident.

“The only dead female victim was pregnant,” he said.

Oladele added that the remainss of the victims had been taken to Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, mortuary, while others injured were admitted to the same hospital.

However, the FRSC Sector Commander noted that the driver of the truck who caused the accident had fled.