Fatal Accident Claims Life Of Corps Member...!

 A fatal accident along the Sango Ota – Abeokuta Motorway on Saturday morning claimed the life of an unidentified National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member stationed in Ogun State.

After the collision, which happened at approximately 6:55 a.m. at the Ago Adura axis of Itori town in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, the Corps member's identity could only be determined by the NYSC cap that had been placed in his car.

According to LEADERSHIP, some of the students from the school who flocked to the accident scene to assist with rescue efforts identified the deceased corps member as one of those NYSC members deployed to the D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic in Itori for the one-year mandatory national service. The corps member drove the ash-colored Mercedes Benz saloon car with the license plate JJJ 168 JF.

Since the crash happened just a few metres from the school gate where the corps member was serving, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ogun State-owned Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the incident, attributed the cause to the deceased's excessive speeding and lack of concentration.

The driver of the car fell asleep behind the wheel, losing control and causing the vehicle to tumble before smashing from the inside Abeokuta lane into the outer one, according to eyewitnesses.

Yet, Akinbiyi revealed that in order to remove the body, a team effort involving TRACE authorities and locals at the crash site was required.

The deceased corps member's body was eventually placed at the Ifo General Hospital mortuary by TRACE personnel, he continued.