A truck laden with sand on Saturday crushed two persons to death at Idi-Mango area along Ore-Okitipupa Road in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The Ore Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mrs. Yetunde Adesina confirmed the incident.
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Adesina said that the accident involved a Mark vehicle with registration number RBC 05 XL and a Haojue Red Suzuki motorcycle with registration number GBA 254 QA.
She disclosed that two yet-to-be-identified persons died in the accident.
“According to eyewitnesses, the commercial motorcycle which the victims boarded, was maneuvered wrongly and the deceased fell off as the truck rammed into them.
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“The deceased (two males) bodies from the accident have been taken to the Ore General Hospital morgue,” she said.
Adesina warned commercial motorcyclists against recklessness and wrongful overtaking.
The driver fled the scene of the accident, while the truck was taken to the Ore Divisional Police headquarters.
An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans. The term accident implies that nobody should be blamed, but the event may have been caused by unrecognized or unaddressed risks.
Most researchers who study unintentional injury avoid using the term accident and focus on factors that increase the risk of severe injury and that reduce injury incidence and severity.
For example, when a tree falls during a wind storm, its fall may not have been caused by humans, but the tree’s type, size, health, location, or improper maintenance may have contributed to the result.
Most car wrecks are not true accidents; however, English speakers started using that word in the mid-20th century as a result of media manipulation by the US automobile industry.
Ondo State (Yoruba: Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast for 45 km, Edo State to the east, Delta State to the southeast for 36 km, Ogun State to the southwest for 179 km, Osun State to the northwest for 77 km, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
