A fatal road accident involving a Dangote truck and multiple vehicles occurred at Ileke-Danliti along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway corridor in Ogun State, leaving one person dead and six others injured.
The crash happened on Wednesday around 10:10 p.m.
Vehicles involved include a Toyota Sienna (KWL 889 XC), two J4 vehicles (KTU 130 TL and AKD 428 YH), and a Sino Truck belonging to Dangote Group (OBJ-CNG14C-030).
Spokesperson of the Traffic Compliancea and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident in a statement to newsmen in Abeokuta on Thursday.
He said, “Seven persons (all males) were involved in the accident that resulted to the death of one person trapped in the wreckage and six injured persons.”
According to Akinbiyi, the cause of the crash was “due to wrong overtaking on the part of the truck driver, who rammed into other vehicles on the road.”
He added that operatives from TRACE, the Police, and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) responded immediately to the scene for rescue operations.
“The body of the dead person trapped in the wreckage was successfully removed and taken to Idera Hospital private morgue,” Akinbiyi said. He also noted that the injured were taken to Famobis Hospital by FRSC and OGSAES, while all the vehicles involved were towed by Mowe MTD Police for further investigation.
He concluded, “The traffic initially affected has since returned to normal.”
In a separate incident, another crash occurred around Lenuwa on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, leaving two adult males injured.
This collision involved two white DAF trucks, one with registration number T-13351LA, and the other without a registration number.
Akinbiyi provided details, saying, “Four people were occupants of the two white DAF truck with one loaded with diesel and the other loaded with bottled water.”
He explained that the accident was caused by “speeding by the driver of the truck loaded with diesel, who hit the truck loaded with bottled water from the rear.”
“The injured victims had been taken to Live Well Hospital in Sagamu, while the accident vehicles had been towed by Redeem POLICE MTD for further investigation,” the TRACE Public Relations Officer added.
