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No fewer than 15 individuals had been confirmed lifeless whereas over 53 others sustained accidents in varied street accidents throughout Ogun between June 11 and June 20.
The Public Relations Officer, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this in an interview with the in Abeokuta on Saturday.
He acknowledged that the accidents occurred in the course of the 10 day-period put aside by the company for particular patrol for the Eid El Fitri celebration.
The TRACE spokesperson defined that 21 street crashes involving six personal vehicles, three personal buses, 4 industrial buses, seven industrial vehicles and two bikes.
He acknowledged that the crashes additionally concerned two medium vans, 4 heavy vans and three different autos.
“During the interval 142 individuals had been concerned in street crashes, out of which 53 individuals comprising of 31 males, 22 females sustained varied levels of accidents.
“15 individuals comprising seven males, eight females had been killed and 74 individuals had been rescued unharmed as a result of immediate response to 15 emergency calls acquired by TRACE Corps, “he mentioned.
Akinbiyi also stated that 45.73 per cent of the crashes had been attributable to extreme rushing, 22.84 per cent by harmful driving, 9.80 per cent by driving towards visitors and 19.18 per cent by different causes.
He famous that 77 motor autos and 15 bikes had been apprehended for 195 offences throughout similar interval.