Three persons (all male), have reportedly burnt to death in an accident involving a pick up van around Danco filling station on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway on Friday.
The Ogun State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Corps Commader Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the ugly incident, said the crash occurred around 4:37pm and was caused by excessive speeding and loss of control by the driver of the pickup van.
The Sector Commander, said the unregistered pickup van loss control while on excessive speed, thereby hit another truck on motion in front and immediately went into flame, saying the truck did not stop.
Umar explained that five persons were involved in the accident, all male, saying only one person among them sustained injuries while three others burnt to death.
“One vehicle was involved, a pick up van with no registration number on it.
The suspected cause of the lone crash was excessive speed which led to loss of control and hit a truck in his front and went into flame immediately,” he said.
The FRSC boss noted that the injured victim was taken to Idera Hospital in Sagamu for medical attention while the corpses were deposited at same hospital mortuary
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