ONE DEAD, 15 INJURED IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENT
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A yet-to-be-identified person has died, while 15 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday.
According to a traffic update from the Commandant General of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Seni Ogunyemi, the crash occurred when the driver of a Mazda bus lost control and collided with a truck exiting a private company along the expressway.
Ogunyemi stated that 16 people were involved in the accident, which included a truck with the number plate MUS 641 YF and a Mazda bus with the number plate APP 360 YK.
Emergency responders rushed the injured to a nearby hospital, where one victim was later confirmed dead by the attending doctor.
Ogunyemi said, “A fatal road accident occurred today at AIM Company along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Sixteen people were involved, including eight adult males and eight adult females.
“According to the eyewitness, the FAW truck was coming out from a company (AIM Coy) to the linked expressway. However, the Mazda bus, driving at excessive speed coupled with loss of control, rammed into the FAW truck by the side.
“Unfortunately, one of the victims who was rescued at the hospital was confirmed dead by the doctor and 15 others sustained injuries.”
He added that the body of the deceased was deposited at the Live Hospital morgue in Sagamu, while the injured were also treated at the same hospital.
“The presumed dead have been deposited at Livewell morgue, and the injured victims also have been taken care of by Livewell Hospital, Sagamu. The accidental vehicles were towed by the Sagamu Police Division for further investigations,” Ogunyemi stated.
The fatality from this accident has brought the total number of road crash deaths in Ogun State over the past five days to eight.
The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) earlier reported that a crash along the Ota-Idiroko Expressway on Friday claimed three lives, including two toddlers and an adult.
Similarly, four separate accidents along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Ogijo-Ikorodu Road between Saturday and Sunday resulted in three more deaths and left about 10 others injured, according to the Ogun State Police Command.
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