Cement truck crushes minor to d3ath, injures three others in Ogun

A yet-to-be-identified minor lost her life after she fell from a motorcycle and into the tyre of a truck along the Ilaro-Ibese Expressway in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The accident, which involved a truck with number plate MDB 249 XA and an unregistered motorcycle, occurred at about 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2025.  The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the incident to punch said three other individuals sustained varying degrees of injuries.  According to him, the motorcycle was overloaded with four passengers and ran into a bad section of the road, causing the female minor to fall into the tyre of the truck.  A fatal RTA occurred along the Ilaro-Ibese Road, inbound Ilaro, at about 1640hrs on Sunday. It involved a cement truck with the number plate MDB 249 XA and an unregistered motorcycle, he said.  According to eyewitnesses, due to the bad road, the motorbike rider lost control and fell close to the trucks tyre. The impact of the collision reportedly led to the death of the female child, while three adults were injured. The three adults were taken to the Ilaro General Hospital for treatment, while the presumed d3ad female child was deposited at the Ilaro General Hospital morgue." The TRACE spokesperson added that some motorcyclists in the area went on the rampage after the incident, but the swift intervention of security agencies brought the situation under control. Motorcycle riders began causing an uproar, but with the combined efforts of TRACE, the police, Amotekun, and the Nigerian Army, traffic normalcy was restored. The truck in question was taken to the Ilaro Police Station, Akinbiyi concluded.The post Cement truck crushes minor to d3ath, injures three others in Ogun appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.