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Five Female Traders Crushed To Death In Ibadan After Truck Lost Brakes - Edoman - 03-07-2019
A horrific truck accident left at least five women dead at Alagolo market in Orita-merin, Ibadan, Oyo state capital, on Wednesday, 6th of March, 2019.
According to reports, the truck was coming down the Mapo hill when it crushed the female traders at the centre of the market yesterday.
It was gathered that there were no survivors in the accident as the victims were brought out from underneath the truck.
Olaitan Olatunji, a trader in the market told ADITU that, the heap of sand at scene of the incident as a result of ongoing road construction in area – prevented the victims from being alert of the imminent danger.
She added that the truck was suspected to have had a brake failure while coming down the hill.
The corpses has been taken to an undisclosed mortuary.
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RE: Five Female Traders Crushed To Death In Ibadan After Truck Lost Brakes - Edoman - 03-07-2019
Friends and colleagues have taken to social media to mourn the loss of one of their own who passed away following a ghastly motor accident. The deceased identified as Abimbola Sogbesan popularly called Orekelewa, died after the crash which occurred yesterday along Sagamu Abeokuta express road in Ogun state.
Meanwhile, three persons (including Abimbola Sogbesan) were crushed to death in the ghastly auto-crash. It was learnt the accident occurred by Muhammadu Buhari Estate, at about 1:00p.m. while a rescue operation was going on.
It was gathered that while a rescue team was carrying out a rescue operation, an oncoming truck on full speed left the cordoned off road to the road shoulder where it crushed the three persons to death.
The state sector commander, Clement Oladele, said that three vehicles were involved in the accident, a blue Mack truck with registration number KJA931XH, black Honda Accord NRK186EM and Toyota Corolla FST04ER, while six persons – three male adults and three female adults –were involved in the accident. Of the casualties, two female adults and one male adult were killed.
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