The driver of a truck in the early hours of Thursday lost control and rammed into a building at Ijaye in Abeokuta, killing a nine-year-old boy and injuring five occupants of the building.

Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta.

Akinbiyi, who noted that the incident occurred around 3:46 a.m on Ijaye-Iyana Mortuary axis in Abeokuta, said that the driver of the truck took to his heels immediately after the accident.

He alleged that the accident was caused by speeding and loss of control by the truck with registration number LND-754 XV.

He explained that there were eight occupants in the building, comprising of one female adult, three female children, two male children and two male adults, when the incident happened.

“I learnt the truck was coming from the Iyana-Mortuary axis inbound Itoku when it suddenly lost control due to speeding, crossed the culvert and rammed into the shops and the house behind it.


“The little child who lost his life in the accident was around nine years old and he has been taken to Ijaiye General Hospital mortuary,” he said.

He added that the injured persons were taken to the General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, for treatment.



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God Have Mercy On Us

Noted

No good news have made nairaland Frontpage today

Ogun O!

Lord have mercy... Even in the house

So pitiful! What a tragedy

Kkk

Trucks and mindless killings. Can't be too careful though. Lord have mercy on us.

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Rest in peace to the departed. Quickest recovery to the injured ones.

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Not surprised

For every day we wake we are faced with more than a hundred ways to die

If you can return back to your bed in the evening then you are just lucky and don't thank one low budget ass Moda fuckkking son of one broke asss carpenter called Joseph through him the world was deceived to believe that there is one imaginary being up there in the sky called God

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God bless the death

The death rate on daily basis in this country is getting really out of hands.

Rip to the boy. What is the essence of coming to this world when someone we still die one day?

This is bad news...Really.



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That driver had smoked weed before. RIP to the departed soul

Why death news here and there in Nigeria everyday? U can hardly read news on a daily basis without seeing death news... God please take away anyone who's behind our problems in Nigeria even if it's B....... I didn't mention anyone's name ooo

Oh God, what a tragedy, may their souls rest in peace

heard there was once a government that restricted heavy vehicle movement to night journeys, not sure though but if thats true, I think we need that again.