One person was confirmed dead while three others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving two trucks around Kara, Ayetoro on the Lagos – Ibadan expressway.
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday.
Akinbiyi said that the accident occurred around 6:02am and it involved a green DAD truck marked XB 989 KTG and another white truck marked FKY 669 XZ.
He explained that the driver of the green truck conveying livestock and goats was sleeping on the wheels and in the process lost control and hit the white truck ahead.
He added that three people were injured in the accident while one person died.
” We learnt the driver of the truck conveying livestock and goats, which was inbound Lagos from Kano, doze off behind the wheels, due to fatigue and in the process lost control, hitting the truck ahead.
“The three injured victims and the deceased were all occupants of the truck conveying livestock and goats.
“The Hausa community has taken the injured victims for treatment while also taken the dead from the police for burial according to Islamic injunctions,” he said.
Akinbiyi implored drivers of articulated vehicles on long distance journey to avoid night travels if necessary, and take adequate rest when tired to prevent avoidable road crashes.
