11 people were on Sunday night killed in a fatal lone auto crash that occurred at Eruku Bridge along the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway in Ogun State.
Vehicle involved in the accident is a
Gold Toyota with registration number :GGE722KJ.
Spokesperson of the Federal Road
Safety Corps (FRSC), Afolabi Odunsi confirmed this to newsmen in a
statement in Abeokuta on Monday.
Odunsi said that 11 occupants (10 adult
males and 1 adult female) of the vehicle lost their lives in the crash.
He said that the cause of the crash was
due to the driver Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and Overloading (OVL) which
made the vehicle to somersault and fall off the bridge, trapping the occupants
inside as the doors locked upon the impact.
The superintendent route commander said
that it took the help of members of the local community to dismantled the
vehicle and recover the bodies.
He said that the dead bodies had been
moved to the Ogun State Specialist Hospital Morgue in Ifo.
The Sector Commander, Corps Commander
Oludare Ogunjobi advised travelers on the Abeokuta-Lagos route to exercise
extreme caution, especially when driving at night.
He however expressed his heartfelt
condolences to the families of the deceased.
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