9 FEARED DEAD, OTHERS INJURED IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY AUTO CRASH
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Joseph Omoniyi
No fewer than nine persons have been reported dead on Tuesday in an accident involving a Mercedes-Benz Marcopolo bus and an Iveco truck at Aseese area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Confirming the figure, Ogun State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Clement Oladele, told NAN that the accident was caused by speeding by the driver of the bus marked SMK 867 XG.
Oladele said the bus lost control and collided with the parked truck with registration number AAA XP at 5:30am.
“A total of 42 persons were involved in the accident; they comprised 34 males and eight females.
“Three male and two female adults were injured while seven male and two female adults died,” he said.
Reports said that the injured victims were taken to a nearby hospital while the corpses were deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital mortuary, Sagamu, Ogun State.
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