A Sergeant serving with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ogun State Command, was feared dead, while four of his colleagues were injured...
A Sergeant serving with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ogun State
Command, was feared dead, while four of his colleagues were injured in
an auto crash which involved the Honda Sport Utility Vehicle they were
travelling in and a truck.
There was a female officer among those that were injured. The
accident was said to have occurred on Tuesday at Showo Village after
President Muhammadu Buhari Estate site, along Sagamu-Abeokuta
Expressway, Ogun State.
The policemen who were said to be operatives of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, were travelling onward Abeokuta from Sagamu end,
while the truck was allegedly making an illegal U-Turn, in a bid to
cross over to the other lane heading back to Sagamu.
The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and
Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the incident, said
it was in the process that the Honda CRV with number plate LSD 191 ET,
rammed into the truck from the rear, killing the driver instantly and
injuring four others.
He said, “The Honda CRV had five occupants, all SARS
operatives, four male and one female; but unfortunately, the driver of
the Honda CRV died.
“The truck was trying to make an illegal U-Turn back to Sagamu
without indication before the Honda car rammed into it from the back.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, also confirmed the incident.
He said the officers were returning from Sagamu where they had gone
to attend a court proceeding when the accident occurred. He gave the
name of the deceased officer as Sergeant Rafiu Olaoye.
He said, “The SARS operatives were returning from Sagamu to
their base in Abeokuta when the incident occurred. They had gone to
attend a court proceeding in Sagamu.
“I gathered that the truck which was in front of the Honda CRV
they were travelling in suddenly made an illegal U-Turn without any
indication, and the Honda CRV rammed into it.
“The driver of the Honda CRV, Sergeant Rafiu Olaoye, was said to have died instantly.”
The driver of the truck was said to have abandoned the truck at Oba area of Abeokuta and fled.
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