OYRTMA evacuates 3 dead persons, rescues 4 as gas laden truck causes accident in Ibadan

By Ogundele Olanrewaju

The Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency (OYRTMA), has evacuated three dead persons who lost their lives, while it rescued four others at a road accident caused by a gas laden truck at Mokola Roundabout area in Ibadan on Thursday.

The fatal accident, according to OYRTMA, involved the gas tanker (richbam) with registration number: MAP810YY and two Micra cars and four motorcycles, adding that the cause of the accident was as a result of brake failure.

While briefing newsmen, the Chairman of OYRTMA, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi said, immediately the accident occurred, officials of the agency rescued three victims and were quickly rushed to UCH, while two people were removed from the trap of truck and the corpses had been deposited at Adeoyo hospital.

Noting further, he said three persons out of the four rescued persons have lost their lives.

He said the persons involved were mostly motorcyclists, adding that only one of the affected persons survived the incident and has been taken to hospital for intensive care.

“The rescue operations were done by OYRTMA in collaboration with the Nigeria Police, Road Safety, Civil Defence and Operation Burst.”

“The vehicles involved had been removed from the road and were towed to mokola police station for further investigation,” he narrated.