A yet-to-be-identified woman has been crushed to death by a truck allegedly belonging to the Dangote group, in Ogun State.
The incident occurred at Dalemo-Ota, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
The Federal Road Safety Corps in a statement on Friday, said the woman was standing by the roadside when she was crushed by the truck.
The FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, Florence Okpe, stated that “the crash occurred at about 2300hrs late hours of Thursday night, involving a Dangote Truck.” The truck is marked XA354WDP.”
She attributed the accident to excessive speed and mechanical fault. The female adult was recorded dead from the crash.“The suspected cause of the fatal crash was excessive speed and mechanical fault (break failure) of the Dangote truck, which later hit a female adult standing by the roadside and she died on the spot.”