Two persons, a driver and his passenger, escaped death when their vehicle rammed into a streetlight pole on the Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State in the late hours of Wednesday, destroying it in the process.
PUNCH METRO gathered that the accident occurred when the truck, which was loaded with cassava, tried to avoid a collision with another vehicle before the driver lost control, resulting in the collision.
An eyewitness who spoke with our correspondent said that two persons were involved, but none of the victims sustained any degree of injury.
He said, “What happened was that the truck driver was trying to avoid another vehicle that tried to overtake it, which I think led to the driver losing control and colliding with the culvert and the streetlight pole.”
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident.
Akinbiyi said, “I learned the truck was inbound Sagamu Interchange from Abeokuta when the crash happened and learned that the truck was also loaded with cassava when the unfortunate incident happened. However, no casualties were recorded in the unfortunate incident.”
He stressed that passersby and the truck owners had commenced efforts to clear the cassava off the road to give way to traffic.
“However, passersby and those related to the truck owner are assisting in clearing the cassava off the road.”
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