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Truck falls into dried Ogun river, crushes 15 to death, injures 38
No fewer than 15 people were on Tuesday crushed to death by a truck in Ogun State on Tuesday.
WuzupNigeria reports that the accident occurred on Ajegunle Bridge at Omi River along the Ibadan/Ijebu-Ode Highway in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of the state.
Thirty-Eight people were said to have been left severely injured.
The accident involved a white Mitsubishi truck with registration number XE331MKA.
The truck reportedly veered off the road and crashed into the dried Omi River along the Ibadan- Ijebu-Ode road.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command, Clement Oladele, confirmed the incident.
Oladele said the truck was travelling from Sokoto was overloaded with passengers.
The FRSC Sector Commander said,
“Rescue operatives led by the FRSC unit commander, Ijebu-Ode and the FRSC rescue operators from the FRSC Ago-Iwoye Outpost command were quickly mobilised to the scene.
“Rescue operatives led by the FRSC unit commander Ijebu-Ode and FRSC rescue operators from the FRSC Ago-Iwoye outpost command were quickly mobilized to the scene.
“Rescue operations are still ongoing
However, 15 corpses all male adults out of the passengers crammed into the canter mini truck have been recovered from under the bridge from the dried Omi-River.
“So far thirty-eight passengers in the mini-truck sustained various degrees of injuries and rescued to the state hospital Ijebu Ode For medical treatment.
“The corpses of the dead victims have been evacuated to Sabo in Ijebu-Ode with the Sarki Hausawa making arrangements with the police for mass burial of the dead victims. “
Speaking on the possible cause of the crash, Oladele said,
“The suspected cause of the crash is fatigue as the vehicle veered off the road and crashed into the dried Omi River along the Ibadan- Ijebu-Ode road.”
According to the FRSC Sector Commander, the Omi River has a narrow bridge bereft of safety guard railings.
He said the rescue operation was made easier because the river had dried up.
The sector commander commiserates with the victims and advised passengers to desist from boarding goods – only vehicles which he said, by their configurations are not designed for transporting passengers but only goods.
He said such goods – only trucks open compartment nature without comfortable seats or mere wooden seats are not suitable for passengers’ safety
The sector commander also advised families of the victims to contact the FRSC command in Ago-Iwoye or Ijebu Ode for details of the crash
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