An unregistered truck has reportedly hit and crushed a yet-to-be-identified motorcyclist to death in the Magboro area of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday.
An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity disclosed that the commercial motorcyclist was hit by the truck while trying to come out from Freedom Estate junction to link to the Magboro Bus Stop.
He said: “The accident happened not quite long ago. The motorcyclist was coming from Freedom Estate junction to link Magboro bus stop when he was hit by the truck that I think did not observe the motorcyclist. The truck also crushed his head leading to his death immediately”.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident, stating that the cause was speeding and wrongful overtaking.
She said: “I can confirm that the accident happened. All three persons involved were male but one casualty was recorded. The accident involved a truck with no registration number and a motorbike with the number plate DGB487VS died in the accident. The cause of the accident is wrongful overtaking and speeding”.
Okpe appealed to road users to exercise caution and patience while using the road so that issues like this can be avoided.
“Patience and caution are key to safe driving. The Ogun FRSC is appealing to road users to shun speeding and embrace patience so that road crashes can be prevented”, she concluded.
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