The Spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi,confirmed that the driver of a truck in the early hours of Thursday lost control and rammed into a building at Ijaye in Abeokuta, leaving a nine-year-old boy death and injuring five others.
The driver of the truck marked LND-754 XV, however, took to his heels immediately after the accident. It was reported that the accident was caused by speeding and loss of control by the truck driver.
He also added that there were eight occupants in the building, comprising of one female adult, three female children, two male children and two male adults, when the incident happened.
He said “I learnt the truck was coming from the Iyana-Mortuary axis inbound Itoku when it suddenly lost control due to speeding, crossed the culvert and rammed into the shops and the house behind it.
“The little child who lost his life in the accident was around 9 years old and he has also been taken to Ijaiye General Hospital mortuary,”
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