A commercial motorcycle operator and two passengers were crushed to death on Sunday night by a truck around Ago Oko in Abeokuta.

The news was confirmed by the Spokesman of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi.

Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred at 8 pm.

The TRACE spokesman stated that the rider of the motorcycle was trying to overtake the truck from the right but ended up colliding with another overspeeding motorcycle.

The impact, he said, jolted the victims who were allegedly thrown under the truck.

“We gathered from eyewitness that the motorcycle was trying to overtake a Dangote truck from the right, unfortunately another speeding bike collided with the victims’ bike from the rear throwing them underneath moving truck on the fast lane,.

“The three of them on the motorcycle were crushed to death in the process.

“A phone retrieved at scene was used to connect the relations of the deceased and the corpses were taken away by their family,” he said.

Akinbiyi, however, said that the truck was still at the accident scene, saying that hoodlums used the opportunity to loot the truck after chasing away police and TRACE officials from the scene.