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18 Killed, Four Injured In Sagamu-Ikorodu Road

Sunday, 6 April 2025

No fewer than 18 persons have been killed in a road accident which occurred along Sagamu- Ikorodu way.

It was gathered that the horrible incident  happened at about 4 p.m. on Saturday, involving five vehicles and two motorcycles.

The vehicles involved were: a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number AGL752YC, a Daf truck with registration number T14007LA, a Honda car with registration number HT680, another Daf truck with no registration number, a pickup with registration number STF10204, a motorbike with registration number AGG448Q, and a Bajaj bike with registration number PKA214WS.

INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps was also killed in the multiple accident.

This was contained in a statement by Spokesperson for Ogun State FRSC Command, Florence Okpe on Saturday.

Florence noted that the officer from the Mosimi Unit Command was killed during the rescue operation when the brake of another vehicle failed and it ran into them.

She said: “FRSC Mosimi Unit Command carried out a rescue operation on the Ikorodu-Sagamu road on a crash that occurred on Saturday, April 5, at about 1600 hrs.

“A total of 22 people were involved in the multiple crash (14 male, 6 female, and 1 child). Four people were injured, and 18 persons were killed, including one of the rescue officers who happened to be an FRSC personnel.

“This happened when vehicles one and two crashed, and the FRSC rescue team was carrying out the rescue operation when another vehicle ran into them due to brake failure, killing the FRSC staff.”

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via: Information Nigeria

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