Connect with us

Gist

Truck Crashes Into Bank ATM, Kills Two In Ogun

Published

on

at

Two people have died from an accident at Joju bus stop along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway in Sango-Ota area of Ogun State.

Naija News reports that the sad incident occured on Thursday, December 23.

A truck which was overspeeding lost control and crashed into a motorcycle, after which it rammed into a tricycle, a sport utility vehicle and a bank ATM.

Two trucks, eight vehicles, tricycle, motorcycle were involved in the crash. Eleven persons were affected in the accident with two confirmed dead.

FRSC’s Florence Okpe said the cause of the crash was excessive speeding, adding that the corpse had been taken to the General Hospital Morgue.

Okpe said: “A total of 11 persons were involved and all four male adults persons were injured, two persons were recorded death and five persons were unhurt.

“The suspected causes of the multiple crash were excessive speed and brake failure on the part of one of the trucks with registration number AAA552XY MACK TRUCK. The injured victims were taken to Otta General Hospital and the two corpses were taken to the General Hospital Morgue.”