According to reports, the pastor was on a motorcycle been driven by Ayo Nugbohoyon, heading for church before a truck carrying cement pushed them into an oncoming Toyota Camry car.
According to an eyewitness, the Camry was carrying five members of a family, who were also going to church.
The driver of the car who was identified as Samuel, and his family members – wife and three children – reportedly were injured and were rushed to a nearby hospital. The car fell into the drainage channel by the roadside. The truck with plate number Lagos EPE712XH, was on its way from Ogba Ayo to Oyero before its tyres slipped off, running into the motorcycle.
The corpses of the dead pastor and okada man were taken to Ifo General Hospital Mortuary, as policemen from the Agbado division and some residents of the community were seen making efforts to clear the road. Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps later joined them in the operation.
An okada rider and friend of Nugbohoyon, Israel Oyewo, told Bloom Gist that the deceased was making arrangements to travel to Benin Republic to meet his wife who gave birth on Friday.
The driver of the car who was identified as Samuel, and his family members – wife and three children – reportedly were injured and were rushed to a nearby hospital. The car fell into the drainage channel by the roadside. The truck with plate number Lagos EPE712XH, was on its way from Ogba Ayo to Oyero before its tyres slipped off, running into the motorcycle.
The corpses of the dead pastor and okada man were taken to Ifo General Hospital Mortuary, as policemen from the Agbado division and some residents of the community were seen making efforts to clear the road. Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps later joined them in the operation.
An okada rider and friend of Nugbohoyon, Israel Oyewo, told Bloom Gist that the deceased was making arrangements to travel to Benin Republic to meet his wife who gave birth on Friday.
“It is very painful. His wife just delivered of a baby two days ago and he had planned to travel later today (Sunday) before the incident happened. The passenger he carried, a pastor, also died. He was taking the pastor to a church.”
