A single-vehicle crash involving a white Toyota Camry with registration quantity AGL36JA occurred at Kere, Itori, alongside the Abeokuta-Sango-Lagos street at about 11 pm on Saturday.
The incident resulted within the dying of two youngsters, whereas seven different occupants of the automotive have been injured.
The accident has been attributed to overloading and extreme velocity.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Highway Security Corps, Florence Okpe, disclosed this in a press release despatched to journalists on Sunday.
The injured have been taken to Ifo Normal Hospital, whereas the our bodies of the deceased have been additionally deposited on the identical hospital.
The assertion reads partly: “Operatives from the FRSC Itori Unit Command carried out a rescue operation on Saturday, thirty first August 2024, at Kere, Itori, following a crash that occurred at about 2300hrs.
“It was a single-vehicle crash involving a white Toyota Camry with registration quantity AGL36JA.
“A complete of seven male adults, 1 male little one, and 1 feminine little one have been concerned within the crash. The male little one and the feminine little one have been killed, whereas the others sustained numerous accidents.
“The injured victims have been taken to Normal Hospital, Ifo, and the corpses have been deposited on the morgue.
“The suspected causes of the crash have been extreme velocity and overloading. The automotive was overloaded with passengers,” Okpe stated.
The Ogun State Sector Commander, Akinwumi Fasakin, condemned the crash, describing it as indicative of a disregard for all times by the driving force and passengers, who noticed nothing fallacious with the automotive being grossly overloaded.
Fasakin urged motorists to keep away from overloading their automobiles with items or passengers, as it’s harmful for the driving force and different street customers and contravenes visitors laws.
He additionally prolonged his condolences to the households of the crash victims and wished a speedy restoration to these injured.