The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, has reported that eighteen people, including an officer of the command, lost their lives in a multiple road accident on the Ikorodu-Sagamu road.
The accident, which occurred at about 4 p.m. on Saturday, involved five vehicles and two motorcycles.
The vehicles involved were: a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number AGL752YC, a Daf truck with registration number T14007LA, a Honda car with registration number HT680, another Daf truck with no registration number, a pickup with registration number STF10204, a motorbike with registration number AGG448Q, and a Bajaj bike with registration number PKA214WS.
This was contained in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Florence Okpe, and made available to DAILY POST on Saturday.
According to the statement, the officer from the Mosimi Unit Command was killed during the rescue operation when the brake of another vehicle failed and it ran into them.
She said, “FRSC Mosimi Unit Command carried out a rescue operation on the Ikorodu-Sagamu road on a crash that occurred on Saturday, April 5, at about 1600 hrs.
“A total of 22 people were involved in the multiple crash (14 male, 6 female, and 1 child). Four people were injured, and 18 persons were killed, including one of the rescue officers who happened to be an FRSC personnel.
“This happened when vehicles one and two crashed, and the FRSC rescue team was carrying out the rescue operation when another vehicle ran into them due to brake failure, killing the FRSC staff.”;
Okpe noted that the injured victims were taken to Dasochris Hospital Gbaga, while the deceased were deposited at OOUTH.
Expressing pain over the recklessness of drivers and the number of crashes recorded that day, Sector Commander Fasakin Akinwumi advised motorists to drive within the stipulated speed limit and observe road signs.
DAILY POST reports that in the early hours of the same day, no fewer than seven persons lost their lives in a crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The crash, which was attributed to excessive speed and loss of control, involved a gas truck, a tanker, and a yellow bus.
