3 killed as Dangote truck crashes into shop in Ogun

Tragedy as struck as Dangote truck conveying bags of cement lost control and rammed into a shop, killing three traders in Ogun State on Tuesday.

The incident reportedly occurred at about 19:35pm around Toll Gate, Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The incident involved the Dangote truck marked RAN788AX and a BAJAJ motorcycle registered as AAB107V.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) while confirming said a total of six persons were involved in the crash- two male adults and four female adults.

According to the spokesperson of the FRSC in the state, Florence Okpe, “two female adults sustained injuries. One male adult and two female adults were killed in the crash, while one person was unhurt.”

Okpe noted that the injured victims were taken to the General Hospital, Ota, while the corpses were deposited at the same hospital’s morgue.

She narrated, “the truck conveying cement was coming from Sango towards Lagos, and while descending from a slope, it was suspected to have developed a brake failure; so it lost control and veered off the road, thereby crashing into a shop.”

“The dead victims are either traders or passengers waiting for vehicle at the bus stop,” Okpe said.

Meantime, the Ogun FRSC Sector Commander, Ahmed Umar, has sympathised with the families of the crash victims, advising motorists to always carry out vehicle maintenance regularly.