5 die, 4 injured in multiple accident in Otta

The Sun man escapes death in auto crash
By Razaq Bamidele
ABOUT five people died while four others sustained
injuries of various degrees in multiple accident, which oc­
curred at the old Tollgate in Otta, Ogun State in the early
hours of Wednesday.
Eyewitnesses said the first accident, which involved seven
vehicles, occurred at about 12-midnight, while the second
one, which involved five vehicles happened at about 6a.m.
in front of Oando filling station at the border between Ogun
and Lagos states.
Although Mr. Ramoni Adekunle, a motorist, who witnessed
the midnight crash said: “ I counted 18 dead bodies,” an
official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC),
Otta, Leye Adegboyega, countered him. He told Daily Sun
that only five bodies were recovered with four persons
injured.
Adegboyega, an Assistant Corps Commander, insisted that
four victims died on the spot, while another died on the
way to the hospital. The FRSC boss, who said he was on
ground with his men for the rescue operation alleged that
street urchins disturbed their operations but commended
the effort of Sango Area Commander for instructing the Di­
visional Police Officer (DPO) in the area to draft his men to
the scene of the crash for rescue operation to continue.
While attributing the first crash to alleged brake failure of
the truck coming from Sango end to Lagos, Adegboyega
said the cause of the second accident was yet to be ascer­
tained.
But, our reporter, who was involved in the second ac­
cident, said an articulated vehicle with registration, Lagos
KRD 216 XB, conveying gravel to Lagos, ran into three
cars and a commercial bus in which he was travelling. The
worst hit cars were a Toyota car with registration, Lagos
KTU 824 DS, whose owner, Mr. Idowu Ganiyu, escaped
death by the whiskers.
Ganiyu’s car had run into the bus in which our reporter
was travelling and the impact forced the bus to head
towards the canal where two vehicles, earlier involved in
the accident, crashed. However, the bus was prevented
from jumping into the canal by one of the buses marked
Oyo BDJ 413 XA, believed to be conveying yam tubers to
Lagos.

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