TRAGEDY: 20 Wedding Guests Killed In Auto Crash In Abeokuta

Date: 07-10-2012 7:19 am (12 years ago) | Author: franel

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franel at 7-10-2012 07:19 AM (12 years ago)

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«§» 7 October 2012

Tragedy struck in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Saturday as an auto crash, involving an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Lukdos Transport Company and articulated lorry marked LAGOS JJJ 489 XB which occured along Abeokuta- Siun-Sagamu expressway claimed 20 lives.

Our correspondent gathered that the passengers of the ill fated Lagos-bound bus, who until their death, were members of African Church Solution camp located along Sam Ewang Estate in Abeokuta, were reportedly travelling to attend a wedding ceremony holding in Lagos for one of their members, before the unfortunate incident happened.

An eye-witness account said that the accident occurred at about 7.30am when the truck coming from an opposite direction lost control and rammed into the bus, which accounted for the untimely death of 18 passengers on the spot, while the two others died on the way to the hospital.

Another witness said that a 2- year-old girl who was also in the bus sustained head injury and had since been admitted and attended to at the State General Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta.

When our correspondent visited the scene of the incident, officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), State Fire Service, Ogun State Ambulance Services, Police and Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) were seen extricating the mangled bodies of the victims from the dismantled bus.

Meantime, the TRACE coordinator, Sola Bamidele, who was at the scene blamed the truck driver for driving recklessly, but said that the authority was still trying to get in touch with the transport company to get the manifest of the passengers.

The coordinating officer of the Ogun State Ambulances Services, Hassan Adelakun, also confirmed the death of some of the passengers and those who died on their way to the hospital.

He said that the remains of the victims had been deposited at the morgues of both the State General Hospital, Ijaiye and Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.

Source: BUSINESSDAY News

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Posted: at 7-10-2012 07:19 AM (12 years ago) \| Hero

kebella at 7-10-2012 07:25 AM (12 years ago)

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Posted: at 7-10-2012 07:25 AM (12 years ago) \| Addicted Hero

wireless_radio at 7-10-2012 08:03 AM (12 years ago)

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No fewer than 20 people were reported dead in auto crash yesterday [Oct 6] along Kobape-Abeokuta. The accident occurred at Ot*t* village located between Paramount F.M Radio Station and Police Computer College, Abeokuta around 7.30 a.m.

The accident was reportedly caused by a truck with registration number, Lagos, JJJ 489XB, which allegedly veered off its lane and rammed into a fully loaded Hiace passengers bus conveying the victims.

It was gathered that the victims, all members of the African Church Solution Camp, Ewang Estate, Abeokuta, had left for Lagos to attend a wedding ceremony of one of their members when tragedy struck.

The driver of the truck was said to have lost control and killed the bus passengers.
Many of the victims, according to an eye witness account, died on the spot following the impact of the collision, while others died in hospital.

Two infants, including a two-year-old, were said to be among the victims.

An eye witness claimed the survivors were taken to a state hospital for treatment. Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Ayobami Omiyale, confirmed the accident, but said only nine died.

He however said that sympathisers took some corpses away before rescue team arrived the scene.

When Vanguard visited the State Hospital Ijaye, where the victims were allegedly taken, worried relations were seen, asking for the victims whereabouts.

A doctor coordinating Ogun State Ambulance Services, Hassan Adelakun, said some of the victims died at the scene of incident while others died at the hospital.

Adelakun added that some of the victims corpses were deposited at State Hospital while others were taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.

Vanguard