Auto crash claims 12 lives on Lagos /Ibadan expressway
Abeokuta – Twelve persons were confirmed dead while five
others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Volvo truck and a Ford bus
at foursquare area on Lagos /Ibadan Expressway on Saturday.
Mr Babatunde
Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement
Agency (TRACE), confirmed the incident in Abeokuta.
Akinbiyi explained that the
accident was caused by wrongful overtaking on the part of the Ford passenger
bus with registration number AAA 886 XR, which led to a head on collision with
the oncoming truck.
He stated that the
truck with registration number LSD 138 XQ, was coming from the opposite
direction before the accident. “
The accident happened around foursquare camp
(diversion axis) on the Lagos /Ibadan Expressway. “17 people were involved, 12
persons comprising six male and six female died while three male and two female
sustained injuries, ” he said. The TRACE spokesman added that the injured
victims were taken to Ife – Oluwa Plus A hospital, Ogunmakin while the corpses
were deposited at FOS Mortuary, Ipara. (NAN)
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