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Five Die, Ten Injured In Lagos-Ibadan Multiple Road Accident
The Ogun State Sector of the Federal Road Safety Commission has confirmed that no fewer than five persons has lost their lives on Wednesday, while ten others sustained different degrees of injuries in a fatal accident involving two trucks and a bus around NASFAT, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
The accident said to have occurred around 9:56 am involved a Daf truck with number plate KUT561ZZ, a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number GGE84YF, and another truck without a number plate.
According to the spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of FRSC, Florence Okpe, who disclosed this in a statement she made available to journalists, a total of 15 people were involved in the accident, comprising 11 male and four female adults.
Okpe attributed the fatal crash to reckless driving on the part of one of the trucks’ drivers, who made a sudden U-turn without trafficating, thereby causing the truck behind it and another bus to lose control and ram into each other.
She said, “The injured victims were taken to Famobi Hospital, Mowe, in Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area of the state, while the corpses were deposited at Idera Hospital morgue, Sagamu.
The statement partly reads, “The suspected cause of the crash was dangerous driving on the part of one of the trucks, which made a sudden U-turn without any indication to alert the truck behind, which led to loss of control on both the truck and the bus.
“The injured victims were taken to Famobi Hospital Mowe while the corpses were deposited at Idera Hospital morgue Sagamu.
“It was a combined rescue operation of FRSC, Nigeria Police Force, and other sister agencies that were all on the ground managing the situation.”
Meanwhile, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Anthony Uga, has cautioned motorists on speed and reckless driving, warning that any driver involved in a crash that claims lives will be prosecuted forthwith to serve as a deterrent to recalcitrant drivers.
Uga said he is pained over the incessant crashes, especially along this corridor axis, and further urged motorists to shun speed and drive defensively for safety purposes.
