What a waste of precious lives and everlasting dent on the couple's happiest day. May God help us and hope the government will do something about these "crazy"drivers we have on our roads. May they RIP and may the good Lord give the couple the strength to withstand this calamity.
It was another black Saturday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, yesterday as no fewer than 20 persons which included an infant, perished in an auto crash.It was gathered that the accident which occurred before the Police College located along the Abeokuta-Siun-Shagamu Express Road, at about 7.30 a.m., involved an 18-seater Toyota Hiace with registration number: Ogun XF 795 AAB and an articulated Volvo tipper, with number plate, Lagos JJJ 489 XB.
The victims of the 18-passenger bus belonging to LUKDOS Transport Company, were said to be members of the African Church Solution Camp, situated within the entrance gate of the Sam Ewang Estate in Abeokuta. Sunday Mirror learnt that they were on their way to Lagos for a wedding programme of one of the church members.The Volvo truck was said to be on its way from Shagamu en route Abeokuta before it swerved off its lane and rammed into the bus.
As at the time Sunday Mirror visited the scene of the accident, the combined officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), State Fire Service, the Police and that of the State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) were busy evacuating the dead and the injured to the hospital.Ogun state SectorCommander of the FRSC, Abayomi Omiyale, who also confirmed the accident, said nine females, five males and an infant (less than one year old) died on the spot while others gave up on the way to the hospital.
He stated that a two-year-old girl who sustained head injuries was being treated at the State Hospital, Ijaiye.Omiyale, however, stated that the dead had been deposited at the morgue of the State Hospital, Ijaye and Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba in Abeokuta.Meanwhile, the TRACE coordinator, Sola Bamidele, who was at the scene, blamed the accident on the truck driver’s recklessness.He said the authorities were still trying to get in touch with the transport company to get manifest of the passengers
As at the time Sunday Mirror visited the scene of the accident, the combined officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), State Fire Service, the Police and that of the State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) were busy evacuating the dead and the injured to the hospital.Ogun state SectorCommander of the FRSC, Abayomi Omiyale, who also confirmed the accident, said nine females, five males and an infant (less than one year old) died on the spot while others gave up on the way to the hospital.
He stated that a two-year-old girl who sustained head injuries was being treated at the State Hospital, Ijaiye.Omiyale, however, stated that the dead had been deposited at the morgue of the State Hospital, Ijaye and Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba in Abeokuta.Meanwhile, the TRACE coordinator, Sola Bamidele, who was at the scene, blamed the accident on the truck driver’s recklessness.He said the authorities were still trying to get in touch with the transport company to get manifest of the passengers
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