Truck crushes mother, daughter, motorcyclist in Ogun

A granite-laden truck on Monday crashed into a building in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, and crushed three people to death.

The victims include a mother, her daughter and a motorcyclist.

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Our correspondent gathered that the truck was coming from Ago-Iwoye Quarry axis, when the driver lost control and crashed into a roadside building at the Imepe area of Ijebu Ode, killing the three people.

The Public Relations Officer of the state’s Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Abeokuta.

Akinbiyi explained that the incident occurred at about 2:40pm and blamed it on over speeding and dangerous driving on the part of the driver.

He said the driver of the truck and his assistant had bolted to avoid being lynched by a mob.

“The truck, loaded with granite was coming from Ago-Iwoye Quarry axis inbound Ijebu-Ode, around Lagos Garage axis, at Imepe, when the truck suddenly lost control, due to over speeding and reckless driving and entered a building by the road side, killing a motorcycle rider and a woman and her daughter, standing in front of the building at that time,” Akinbiyi said.

The TRACE spokesman said the bodies of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital, Ijebu Ode.