Three die in Ogun, Osun road accidents
Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Monday confirmed the death of two people in an accident involving a car and a truck on the Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway.
Similarly, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said a motorcycle rider died in a lone accident on the Osogbo-Ikirun Expressway in Osun.
The TRACE spokesman, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said that the accident occurred at about 5:45 a.m. due to poor visibility and alleged reckless driving by the driver.
Mr Akinbiyi said that the motorcycle rammed into a stationary truck at Adedero village on the expressway and killed two people believed to be traders.
According to him, N230, 620 was recovered from the victims. One had N153, 620 and the other, N77,000.
Mr Akinbiyi said that the money had been handed over to their families.
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