Pregnant woman, 4 others killed in road crash

Tragedy strucK, Saturday, in Ijoko, Ifo Local
Government in Ogun State when an articulated
truck crushed a yet-to-be-identified pregnant
woman and four others to death. The multiple
accident also left three critically injured.
The accident which occurred at about 1:00p.m.
at Odo-Alamo Road, Ijoko axis of the state,
involved a truck with registration number XZ
640-EPE, two okada with registration numbers
DGB 740 QB and MEK 957 QC and a Honda car
marked SMK 765-AV.
Commuters plying the road watched in horror
as the bodies of the five deceased were
crushed beyond recognition.
Aside the truck driver whom Vanguard gathered
fled after the accident, two others including a
teenager were in a critical condition and taken
to an unknown hospital.
Relatives of the deceased were seen wailing
uncontrollable after confirming that those that
died were their loved ones.
The residents attributed the cause of the crash
to the bad portion of the road which has turned
to a nightmare to commuters and other road
users.
Speaking to Vanguard, Mr. John Ayo, the only
conscious survivor of the accident said: “The
truck was conveying cement to a construction
site. Due to the slope, coupled with the terrible
state of the road, the truck driver lost control,
thereby causing injuries or death to eight
persons.”
Mrs. Adebimpe Akintunde, another eyewitness
said: “When I saw the way the truck driver
drove past my shop, I knew something would
happen.
“Immediately, I rushed out to see the truck. On
getting to this spot, it actually lost control and
crushed the okada and the vehicle ahead of
him,” Akintunde said.
Policemen who arrived the scene later took the
corpses to the mortuary while the cause of the
accident and the search for the truck driver was
said to have started.