Four die, three injured in Ogun auto crash

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Four people, including a teenager, have reportedly lost their lives in a road accident at Alagbon along the Owode-Atan route in Ogun State.

Three others were injured in the crash, which occurred when a bus rammed into a stationary faulty Sinotruck and a white Suzuki minibus with registration number KTU 874 YJ.

In a statement on Monday, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident, noting that a total of 11 people were involved.

According to reports, three persons — one man and two women — sustained injuries, while four victims, comprising one man, two women, and a teenager, died at the scene.

Akinbiyi blamed the crash on both drivers, stating that the mini bus would not have collided with the cement-laden Sinotruck if the truck driver had placed a caution triangle on the road to warn incoming vehicles.

He said the injured victims were taken to General Hospital, Idi-Iroko by operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) before the arrival of TRACE officials.

The accidented vehicles had been towed away and traffic flow restored in the area.