Truck crushes two to death in Ogun

Two persons were on Thursday crushed to death in an accident involving an Iveco truck, marked SRA 757 XA, and a Bajaj motorcycle, opposite Egba High School, Obantoko road, Abeokuta.



Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident.

Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred when the motorcycle rider was overtaking the truck.

He noted that five people were involved in the accident but two persons, who were passengers on the motorcycle, died on the spot.

Akinbiyi noted that the corpses of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of General Hospital, Ijaye in Abeokuta.