Woman, granddaughter die in Ogun tragic tricycle accident

In a tragic incident occurring barely 24 hours after a similar accident, two people were killed when a truck crushed a tricycle in the Papalanto area of Ogun State.

The accident took place early Friday morning, involving an Iveco truck with the number plate KJA 166 XJ and a tricycle with the number plate TRE 627 VP.

According to Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesman for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, the accident was caused by dangerous driving on the part of the truck driver.

Four individuals, including two males and two females, were involved in the collision. Unfortunately, the two female passengers were crushed to death.

This incident follows closely on the heels of another accident in the Lafenwa area of the state, where a truck rammed into a vehicle and a pedestrian.

Akinbiyi said, “According to an eyewitness account, the truck in an attempt to overtake the tricycle while both were in transit inbound Abeokuta, around Papalanto, dragged the tricycle along with it by the side in the process with the tricycle falling in its front before running over it, killing a grandmother and her granddaughter.

“The two victims were the only occupants in the tricycle on the spot. Regrettably, the truck driver escaped from the scene before being arrested.”

The TRACE spokesman added that the bodies of the deceased were handed over to their families while warning motorists against dangerous driving.

He added, “The injured tricycle driver has been rescued to an unknown hospital by a good samaritan. Moreover, the accident vehicles have been deposited at the Itori Divisional Police Command.

“While TRACE and the police commiserate with the families of the deceased, motorists are again charged to avoid dangerous and reckless driving given its attendant consequences.”