A speeding truck belonging to the Dangote Cement factory in Ogun State has killed a police officer. <\/p>\n
Thevmishap around Saiten Petrol Station along the Abeokuta-Lagos highway on Tuesday night also left five. <\/p>\n
Nine vehicles were involved in the accident, including the Dangote truck, a tipper, a yellow bus, an armoured tank, a Toyota RAV4 and three motorcycles, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
The FRSC spokesman in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, explained that eight persons \u2013 seven male adults and one female adult \u2013 were involved in the crash.<\/p>\n
Okpe said four male adults and one female adult were injured, adding that \u201cone person was killed, while two were unhurt.\u201d<\/p>\n
She blamed the crash on speeding and wrongful overtaking by the Dangote truck driver, who she said lost control and crashed into other vehicles from the rear.<\/p>\n
She explained that the Dangote truck later plunged into the river.<\/p>\n
According to her, the Toyota RAV4 car went up in flames due to the impact of the collision, stating that the fire was extinguished with the help of the filling station\u2019s fire extinguisher, but some motorcycles were burnt.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe injured victims were taken to the General Hospital in Ota for medical attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne person identified as the police officer, who was on duty, got injured and was also taken to the hospital by the FRSC rescue team, but he later died,\u201d Okpe stated.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ogun, Ahmed Umar, sympathised with the victims\u2019 families, advising motorists to always obey traffic rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A speeding truck belonging to the Dangote Cement factory in Ogun State has killed a police officer. Thevmishap around Saiten Petrol Station along the Abeokuta-Lagos highway on Tuesday night also left five. Nine vehicles were involved in the accident, including the Dangote truck, a tipper, a yellow bus, an armoured tank, a Toyota RAV4 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":29801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1899,1550,5323,521],"class_list":["post-269041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-abeokuta","tag-accident","tag-dangote","tag-ogun"],"yoast_head":"\n