By Richard Akintade, Osogbo
No fewer than eight persons were confirmed dead on Saturday morning due to a crash by a fully-loaded trailer that lost control while climbing the popular November 27 Interchange Bridge, in Osogbo the Osun State capital.
Our Correspondent, gathered that the tragedy, in which thirty-six persons were reportedly injured, occurred around 1:20am, as the driver of the Volvo FL7 truck with registration number KMC 35 ZJ, lost control of the vehicle while climbing the bridge.
Overloading and overspeeding werr implicated in the accident.
The truck which was conveying palm oil and Kola nuts to the north had 61 passengers with the driver on board.
Confirming the accident at the scene, the State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, Kudirat Ibrahim, informed our Correspondent that the injured passengers had been taken to the State Teaching Hospital and Asubiaro General hospital in Osogbo.
She said, “the vehicle which was heavily loaded with Jerry cans of palm oil and over 60 passengers, was trying to ascend the ramp but started rolling backwards and lost control. It fell sideways into the side drainage, throwing off the jerry cans over the passengers and killed some along the line.”
She added that the dead victims had been taken to the mortuary.
She however enjoined road users to be conscious always and obey traffic regulations to avert any accidents that could lead to loss of lives and property.
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