Three injured in Sagamu-Benin Expressway multi-truck collision
No fewer than three male adults whose identities were yet-to-be-ascertained sustained varying degrees of injuries following a collision involving four trucks along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway on Thursday.
PUNCH Metro gathered from a traffic update released by the Commandant General of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Seni Ogunyemi, that the accident occurred at about 7:30 am along the Babcock Hill inbound Odogbolu area of the expressway.
Ogunyemi noted that the accident occurred when one of the trucks tried to avoid a pothole along the expressway but another truck coming behind that was driving recklessly collided with it resulting in a collision with two other trucks.
He added that six persons were involved in the accident while three sustained injuries and were rushed to the Babcock University Teaching Hospital for treatment while the accident vehicles were removed from the expressway to allow for free flow of traffic.
He said, “There is a serious RTA/RTC at Babcock Hill inbound Odogbolu on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway. Preliminary police investigation revealed a truck in front was trying to avoid a pothole, and the vehicle behind was driving recklessly with excessive speed and rammed into the vehicle ahead.
“Six adult males were involved. Three adult males were injured while no death was recorded. The accident victims were taken to the Babcock University Teaching Hospital Ilisan by the FRSC. The accident vehicles were towed to the MTD Ikenne.”
Ogunyemi identified the vehicles involved as one Mack truck with no number plate, two Man Diesel with number plates AAA 540 YH and RVC 38 YD, and one Howo truck with number plate T-4173 LA.
PUNCH Metro reported on Wednesday that No fewer than 140 people were killed in different road crashes in various parts of Ogun State between January and October 2024.
Ogunyemi had disclosed this at a training for senior officers of the agency held in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Wednesday.
While noting that the casualties involved 110 adults and 30 children, he stressed that the majority of the crashes were caused by human errors.
