Three white garment church clerics coming from a vigil at a prayer mountain popularly called Oke-Iragbiji in Osun State have died in a ghastly motor accident as their driver dozed off behind the wheel.
The accident occured when the “sleepy driver” reportedly lost control of a black Kia Rio car marked AKD 827 DV, in which the clerics were traveling on Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway.
The Kia Rio car was said to have left its lane and crossed over to the other lane and crashed into a white Sino truck with registration number plate, WDL 466 XA coming from the opposite direction.
According to the spokesperson of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, the accident happened around 9:44am near Day Waterman College, inbound Abeokuta.
Akinbiyi, in a statement, said: “The cause of the road crash was linked to sleeping behind the wheel, coupled with speeding and loss of control on the part of the Rio car driver.
“The car skidded to the other lane of the road, uprooted the street light at the median and collided with the Sino truck loaded with cement, outbound Abeokuta.”
Akinbiyi, who said the accident involved seven men, disclosed that three died, two were injured and three others were rescued unhurt.
He further disclosed that the injured victims were rushed ro the State Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta for medical treatment, adding that the corpses were also deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.
Akinbiyi quoted one of the accident survivors as saying: “The Rio car, in which a driver, a passenger and three men of God in white clothing/apparel with robes were driving in was coming from Oke-Iragbiji in Osun State, for prayers and deliverance service.
“Suddenly, the driver lost control due to excessive speed, as he was also dozing behind the wheels. He ran over the median, hit and uprooted the street light on the median before colliding head-on with the Sino truck loaded with cement , which was coming outbound Abeokuta.
“Instantly, the three men of God died due to the impact of the collision, while the driver and the passenger in the front seat were injured.”
