A multiple-vehicle crash involving two cars and two motorcycles at the Toll Gate along the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway early Friday morning claimed two lives and injured one person.
According to a statement issued by the Spokesperson of Ogun State Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, on Friday morning, the accident occurred around 5:11 am and involved a Volvo Trailer with registration number T 14223 LA, a Volkswagen bus with registration number KRD132XX and two Boxer Bajaj motorcycles with registration numbers LAR178VL and PKA873VS.
Okpe reported that the rescue operation was conducted by the FRSC operatives from the Otta Unit Command.
The FRSC spokesperson said that the Volvo Trailer was suspected to have caused the fatal crash by overtaking wrongly and driving at excessive speed.
Okpe stated that this resulted in a collision involving one of the motorcycles and other vehicles involved in the accident.
The statement partly read, “A total of 3 persons were involved which comprised of 02 male adult and a female adult. One male adult was injured while 02 were recorded dead from the crash. 01 male adult and 01 female adult.
“The suspected cause of the fatal crash was wrongful overtaking and excessive speed on the truck driver’s part which led to the collision with a Boxer motorcycle with registration number LAR 178 VL. This also led to a crash in the second vehicle with the number (KRD132XX, Volkswagen) and another motorcycle with registration number PKA873VS respectively. The dead victims were deposited at the Ifo General Hospital morgue.”