A pregnant woman and a minor have been crushed to death by a truck on the Abeokuta-Ibadan highway in ogun state.
The accident involving a DAF truck with https://cc-streets.cc/ registration number BDJ 112 XF was reportedly due to a brake failure, causing it to crash into a building killing the two occupants of the house. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the state Traffic Enforcement and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident.
The TRACE spokesman said the truck was traveling to Ibadan from Ewekoro when the driver lost control and crashed into the building.Mr. Akinbiyi added that police officers https://cc-street.com/ were deployed to the scene of the incident to prevent youths who were angry about the accident from causing chaos.He further said that “the bodies of the pregnant woman and the male minor were deposited in the morgue of the Odeda General Hospital, while the remaining victims of the accident were rescued at the Ajitola Hospital in Kila, for medical treatment.