By Correspondent in Otta.
An auto crash involving two vehicles: VOLVO MINI TRUCK and a NISSAN CAR on Sunday morning, has claimed three lives and injured two other passengers.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Superintendent Route Commander,Florence Okpe who is alsoFRSC Public Education Officer for Sector Commander FRSC Ogun Sector Command and a copy made available to The Reporters on Sunday.
Ikie said:’The fatal crash occurred at about 0715 hrs this morning after obada police station.
“A total of 5 persons were involved and all male adult. 2 persons sustained injury and unfortunately, 3 persons were killed.
“The suspected cause of the crash was Route violation on the part of the Truck driver and collided with the Nissan car.
“The injured victims were taken to General hospital ABEOKUTA for Medical attention and the corpses were deposited at the same hospital morgue
“The Sector Commander, FRSC Ogun Sector Command, Commiserated with the family of the crash victims and advised motorists to avoid route violation completely.
“He added that safety is everybody business,especially in this season of high vehicular movement. One should drive cautiously and obey traffic rules and regulations.”
Edited by Dada Ahmed.