5 pupils dead, two injured as car carrying school children crashes in Ogun

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5 pupils dead, two injured as car carrying school children crashes in Ogun
Saturday, January 26, 2019  NEW
                         
An unmarked Toyota Avensis car bearing female school children have crashed at the Olorunsogo stretch of the Abiola Way, an arm of the Abeokuta inner city roads, killing five of the eight occupants and injuring two others on Saturday morning.

The car suspected to have been driven by a drunk driver, was sighted “speeding” and “driving dangerously” which Witnesses said, led to a tyre burst before it careened “uncontrollably” unto a side of the road.

The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps(TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, stated that victims have been evacuated to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta.

Akinbiyi attributed the cause of accident to “over speeding, dangerous driving and burst tyre leading to loss of control” even as he suspected that the driver who had escaped from the accident scene, was probably drunk at the time.

“The number of occupants can’t be ascertained as at the time the rescue team got to the scene, but certainly there must be a driver who drove the vehicle and escaped from the scene.

“Number of people presumed to be involved in the accident is eight. The driver presumed to have escaped from the scene before the rescue team arrived.

“Number of injured: two males. Five are presumed dead – five young females(between the ages 11 and 22). Four other persons were later brought to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta, who were said to be in shock after receiving the death of the students.

“All victims met at the scene were taken to the FMC where the presumed dead were taken to the morgue while the injured and those in shocks are being attended to at the FMC. Traffic was not affected as the vehicle involved is off the road,” Akinbiyi said.

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Drunk Driver Kills Four Worshippers In Abeokuta, Ogun State. Photo


A drunk driver on Friday night crushed four Muslim worshippers to death along the Moshood Abiola way in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

The four occupants of the car also sustained injuries in the crash.

A witness said the drink-driver, who was in the company of three other occupants including one female, lost control of the vehicle he was driving before he ploughed into the victims.
The Head of Operations Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Abeokuta Division, Olaleye Babajide, confirmed the incident.

He said the accident occurred at about 10.30 pm on that day.

He said “the car swooped off the road, uprooted an electric pole and thereafter crushed the worshippers standing in front of the Rahamot Lahill Quareeb mosque located beside the road, killing them on the spot”

The official said the deceased were relaxing in front of the mosque in preparation for a vigil before tragedy struck.

“The impact of the crash forced the authorities of the State Traffic officials to axe the car into pieces before the four occupants of the car could be removed from the wreckage,” he said.
Mr Babajide said the occupants of the car including the driver were drunk.

“Overspeeding on the part of the driver was responsible for the crash. A number of alcoholic drinks, including tramadol were seen in the car,” he said.

He said the bodies of the victims have been deposited at the morgue of Federal Medical Centre(FMC), Abeokuta.
He also said two of the occupants of the car were arrested while attempting to run away from the scene of the accident.

Source: https://www.nairafame.com/2019/01/drunk-driver-kills-four-worshippers-in.html?m=1