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Ten persons, including a large woman, person reportedly died successful an car clang that occurred successful the Akungba-Akoko country of Ondo state.
An eyewitness relationship told Vanguard that the clang progressive a motortruck that allegedly mislaid power and rammed into immoderate shops on the Owo-Akungba-Ikare Akoko expressway, sidesplitting the victims connected the spot.
According to a local, ” The operator mislaid power of the motortruck and swerved disconnected the roadworthy and rammed into the shops on the roadworthy sidesplitting the victims.”
“The motortruck was coming from up, we couldn’t accidental if the barricade was opened, due to the fact that immoderate radical said the trailer destroyed the barricade.
“Like 5 radical person died portion we don’t cognize however galore are nether the trailer now.”
When contacted, the Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Samuel Ibitoye, said that the mishap progressive a motortruck that was loaded with bags of cement.
Ibitoye said, “The incidental progressive a motortruck that ran into a barricade successful beforehand of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko and mislaid control, resulting successful the crash.
“No less than 8 radical were killed , comprising 5 males , 2 females and 1 antheral child.”
He advised “motorists to ever guarantee that their vehicles are successful bully information earlier hitting the road. I volition besides counsel drivers to ever obey postulation rules and regulations.
Speaker ng connected the tragic incident, the Public Relations Officer of the AAUA Student Union Government (SUG), Akinibobola Ajidagba, said that “We regret to pass the entirety of the pupil populace that an articulated conveyance belonging to the Dangote radical of companies suffered a brake nonaccomplishment from Ikare en way to Akungba and has destroyed by mishap the imperishable barricade erected astatine the assemblage main gate.
“As it stands, adjacent to 10 radical person mislaid their lives owed to this tragic incident. As we each tin recollect, the Students’ Union has made respective efforts to guarantee that trucks halt plying Akungba roads, arsenic this tin endanger the lives and properties of our students.
“We inactive stay resolute successful the assurance of this struggle. We implore each students to stay and beryllium fearless, arsenic we are up to the task of maintaining bid and bid wrong the pupil community, and to enactment distant from the road for the clip being.”
Meanwhile, the remains of the deceased person been deposited astatine the morgue of the authorities infirmary successful the assemblage community.
The constabulary representation maker, Ayanlade Olayinka, couldn’t beryllium reached for comments.
But a constabulary officer, who spoke connected the information of anonymity, described the incidental arsenic pathetic.
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