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One dies, three injured as truck fails brake in Ogun auto crash

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One person has died while three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone auto crash that occurred at Ajebo road, Ogun State.

The accident involved an unregistered cement-laden truck

Spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency(TRACE) Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta, yesterday.

Akinbiyi said that the crash occurred on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at Agbedejobi Village, along Mile 6, Ajebo Road, in Obafemi-Owode Local council of the state.

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He said that the cause of the accident was due break failure.

Akinbiyi explained that the driver lost control of the truck, while attempting to avoid a vehicle ahead, causing it to veer off the road into a ditch before ending up on a railway track.

He said that the impact of the accident forced the trailer to spill its entire load of cement into a nearby bush.

Akinbiyi noted that the corpse had been deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta,

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He added that the injured victims were receiving treatment at the same facility.

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