THREE DEAD AS VEHICLE PLUNGES FROM LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY BRIDGE
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By: Balogun Ibrahim
Three women have been killed and 10 others injured after a vehicle reportedly plunged from the Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and landed in a ditch.
The crash occurred at about 5:24pm on Friday near Mikano on the Long Bridge, inward Lagos.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident in a statement, saying three vehicles were involved in the crash.
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The vehicles were identified as a white Toyota bus with registration number KJA 247 YM, a white Toyota Corolla marked BDG 867 HG, and a white Mazda bus with registration number AGL 891 XX.
According to Akinbiyi, 16 people were involved in the accident, comprising 12 males and four females. Ten of the victims, nine males and one female, sustained varying degrees of injuries, while three female adults died.
He said preliminary information from eyewitnesses indicated that excessive speed and loss of control caused the vehicle to somersault and plunge into the ditch.
Following the crash, rescue personnel from TRACE, the Federal Road Safety Corps, the police and the Ogun State Ambulance and Emergency Service were deployed to the scene.
Akinbiyi said six injured passengers were evacuated to the Lagos State Accident and Emergency Service by the Ogun State Ambulance and Emergency Service, while another injured victim and a presumed dead passenger were taken away by an FRSC ambulance.
Two of the deceased were deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital, Ifo, while another presumed dead victim was taken to the Idera Hospital morgue in Sagamu.
Other injured victims were transported to A.Z. Hospital by the FRSC for treatment.
The TRACE spokesperson added that the vehicle that plunged into the ditch was recovered and taken to Warewa Police Station alongside the other vehicles involved in the crash for further investigation.
The accident caused some disruption to traffic during the rescue and evacuation operations, but normal traffic flow was restored after the vehicles and victims were cleared from the scene.
The incident comes barely two weeks after a separate multiple-vehicle crash around the Kara area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reportedly claimed seven lives and left two others injured.
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