Two individuals have misplaced their lives whereas one different was injured in an accident that occurred on Friday across the Idogo Junction on Ilaro-Owode Yewa highway.
The accident which at about 6 am concerned a Mitsubishi automotive with quantity plate JJJ168JF and a truck with registration quantity T12224LA.
The Spokesperson for the state Sector Command of Federal Highway Security Corps, Florence Okpe disclosed this in a press release made accessible to journalists.
Okpe stated the Mitsubishi automotive was suspected to have been on high velocity and crashed into the truck wrongfully packed on the highway.
She disclosed additional that the FRSC Ilaro Unit Command reportedly carried out the rescue operation, including that the injured victims and the corpses have been taken to Normal Hospital and Hosanna Hospital, Ilaro.
The assertion partly reads, “The FRSC Ilaro Unit Command carried out a rescue operation on the Ilaro-Owode route round Iyana Odogo on a crash that occurred at about 0600hrs.
“The crash concerned 2(two) automobiles; a Mitsubishi automotive with registration quantity JJJ854JH and a truck T12224LA
“A complete of 07 individuals had been concerned (04 Male Adults and 03 Feminine Adults), and 01 feminine received injured whereas 02 male adults had been killed within the crash.
“The suspected causes of the crash had been obstruction and Velocity Violation. The injured victims and corpses had been taken to Normal Hospital, Ilaro, and Hosanna Hospital, Ilaro”.
Okpe threatened that the Corps would start clampdown on motorists parking indiscriminately on the highway.
In the meantime, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Anthony Uga has frowned on the fee at which automobiles are being packed indiscriminately on highway roadside.
Uga has, due to this fact, directed that the Corp’s Marshall ought to henceforth start a routine test on indiscriminate parking and anybody discovered committing such an infraction ought to face the wrath of the legislation.
He additional suggested motorists to drive inside the stipulated velocity restrict and observe highway furnishings.