A woman and her child have been crushed to death by a Mack truck loaded with drinks, in Ogun state.
According to the reports, the truck’s motorboat was also killed in the accident which took place at Ajibawo in Atan on Sango /Idiroko road, Ogun.
While speaking on the accident on Thursday, January 17, 2019, the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) spokesperson, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, said that the accident occurred at about 5:45pm.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident was caused by wrongful overtaking made worse when the truck with plate number, LSD 563 XW, lost control
“In the process of overtaking another truck ahead of it loaded with granite, the edge of the truck loaded with soft drinks entered a ditch which results in its fall, killing a woman and her child selling along the road and the motor boy.
”Four people were involved in the accident which included three male and one female, two male and one female died in the accident while one person was injured.
”The injured had been taken to Oluwalogbon Hospital, Atan before the arrival of TRACE officials while the corpses had been claimed by their relatives,” he said.
May the souls of the deceased Rest In Peace.