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Raheem, Abeokuta
About four persons died, while 25 others sustained injuries in three separate road crashes which occurred on Saturday in Ogun State.
Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command, Florence Okpe, in a statement yesterday, said the crashes occurred at Ososa-Ijebu on Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway, while two others occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Okpe, who disclosed that the crashes were discovered during the Day 5 of the Ogun State FRSC Command 2018 Eid-el-Fitri Special Patrol operations, said the first crash occurred on Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway at about 4:00p.m, when an unregistered Toyota Corolla car plunged into Ososa River, close to Ijebu-Ode. She said out of 12 persons involved, two, including a girl, died, while 10 sustained injuries.
The injured, according to her, were taken to the General Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, while the bodies were deposited in the morgue of the same hospital.
In the second crash, which occurred at the Fidiwo Area on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, at about 8a.m, two vehicles with registration numbers LSD 266 CK and AGL 554 collided. Okpe said the driver of one of the vehicles had earlier been booked by the FRSC patrol team for traffic infraction and barely three minutes later, the vehicle collided with another one travelling outward Ibadan.
The crash, caused by wrongful overtaking at a ‘No overtaking zone’ due to the ongoing construction work on the expressway, also claimed two lives, while 10 others sustained injuries.
Okpe said those injured were taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, while the dead were deposited at the mortuary of a private hospital in Ipara-Remo.
The third accident, which also occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, did not claim any life, but five persons were injured.
The crash, according to Okpe, involved a Mitsubishi Space bus, with registration number MUS 488 BC, a Toyota Hilux with registration number AD1657 RS and Honda Accord car, with number plate APP 75 CZ.
Meanwhile, FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun State, Clement Oladele, has enjoined motorists to drive cautiously, particularly on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway where road construction is ongoing.
“Motorists travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway within the five kilometre stretch where traffic is diverted by the construction company working around Sancrete and Fidiwo, close to the FourSquare Church at Ajebo/Alapako/Ogunmakin are to obey the maximum speed limit stipulated on road signs along the corridor and avoid overtaking, to prevent possible collision with vehicles travelling in opposite direction.
“They are to also obey traffic regulations and follow instructions from FRSC patrol teams and other traffic agencies,” Oladele said.