JUST IN: FOUR DIE, 10 INJURED IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY CRASH

January 30, 2024January 30, 2024

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An accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday resulted in the death of four people and the injuries of ten more.

In a statement on Tuesday, Florence Okpe, a spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps’ (FRSC) Ogun State Sector Command, stated that a tyre burst caused a bus carrying 20 people to tumble.

Around 5:57 in the morning, an accident involving a white Toyota bus with the licence plate ZUR87ZY occurered near Sandcrate on the motorway.

Okpe said, “A total of 20 persons were involved. 10 persons were injured while four male adults were recorded dead from the crash.

“The suspected cause of the fatal lone crash was excessive speeding and tyre bust which led to the loss of control that made the vehicle somersaulted many times.”

The deceased were transported to the FOS Mortuary, she continued, while the injured victims were brought to Victory Hospital in Ogere.

This collision is only one of several recent car accidents that have occurred on the road.

On Saturday, a caravan driver lost control of his vehicle and plunged down the Berger and Isheri sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway bridge.
The front of the caravan was observed to be dangling near the bridge’s edge after the caravan collided with it.