Truck crushes two women to death in Ogun

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials evacuating a road accident victim

Two women were killed late Saturday when a truck fell on a car along old Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

Four occupants of the smaller vehicle were also critically injured.

Premium Times reported that the incident occurred at the Wasimi end of the road when the truck driver with registration number SRA 546 XA overtook a Nissan saloon car with registration number Lagos: SZ 171AAA, witnesses say.

A witness said the truck, loaded with granite, hit the median and lost control, before falling on the car.

The newly-promoted Assistant Inspector General of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, who is the immediate past Ogun State commissioner of police, accompanied by former Chairman, Abeokuta North Local Government, Habeeb Ajayi, joined in the rescue operations.

Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi, was also at the scene to help.

Two of the four survivors, were rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta while the others were taken to the Ifo General Hospital.