A woman and her granddaughter were, on Friday, crushed to death by an Iveco truck in the Papalanto area of Ogun State.
It was gathered that the truck with registration number KJA166 XJ had overtaken a tricycle with registration number TRE 627 VP conveying the woman and her granddaughter.
Spokesman of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident.
Akinbiyi said the accident occurred in the early hours of Friday.
He blamed the accident on dangerous driving by the truck driver, adding that he fled the scene before he could be arrested.
The TRACE spokesman said, “Four people including two males and two females were involved in the accident with the two females crushed to death.
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“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, who were the only occupants in the tricycle on the spot.
“Regrettably, the truck driver escaped from the scene before being arrested.”
The bodies of the deceased were said to been handed over to their relatives while the injured tricycle driver was taken to an unknown hospital.
Akinbiyi charged motorists to avoid dangerous and reckless driving because of its attendant consequences.
The accident occurred barely 24 hours after a truck rammed into a vehicle in Lafenwa area of the state, killing four persons and injuring two.
