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FRSC Recovers 15 Corpses In Ogun Fatal Accident
The Federal Safety Commission, (FRSC), has disclosed that it recovered 15 corpses in the accident that occurred along Ijebu-Ode/ Ibadan road on Tuesday.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command, Clement Oladele, who confirmed the incident, said the truck was travelling from Sokoto overloaded with passengers.
The accident he said involved a white Mitsubishi truck along the Ibadan/Ijebu-Ode highway in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The truck according to investigation, veered off the road and crashed into the dried Omi River along the Ibadan/Ijebu-Ode road.
He said, “Rescue operatives led by the FRSC unit commander, Ijebu-Ode and the FRSC rescue operators from the FRSC Ago-Iwoye outpost command were quickly mobilised to the scene.
“Rescue operation is still ongoing. However, 15 corpses, all male adults, of the passengers crammed in the truck, have been recovered from the Omi-River under-bridge.
“So far, thirty-eight passengers in the truck sustained varying degrees of injuries and were taken to the state hospital Ijebu Ode for treatment.
“The corpses of the dead victims have been evacuated to Sabo in Ijebu-Ode with the Sarki Hausawa (Hausa community leader) making arrangements with the police for the mass burial of the dead victims.”
The Commandant attributed the cause of the accident to F fatigue which caused the truck to go off the road 9iinto the river.
The sector commander who commiserates with the victims advised families of the victims to contact the FRSC command in Ago-Iwoye or Ijebu-ode for details of the dead victims.
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