No fewer than nine lives have been lost and three others injured in a fatal crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway near Ayetoro on Monday.
The accident, which reportedly occurred around 5:30 a.m., involved a Toyota bus with registration number UYY165ZY and a truck with registration number DKA244XC.
The bus driver was claimed to have lost control and crashed into the vehicle.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, confirmed this in a statement given to journalists on Monday.
Okpe explained, “The fatal crash occurred in the early hours this morning at about 0530HRS on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway around the Ayetoro area.
“A total of 13 people were involved, which comprised 10 male adults and 03 female adults, and 09 were recorded killed (06 male and 03 female), while 03 were injured.
“The suspected causes of the fatal crash were excessive speed and fatigue, which led to loss of control, and the driver rammed into a station truck.
“The injured victims were taken to Famobis Hospital, Mowe, while the deceased were deposited at Idera Morgue, Sagamu.”
Meanwhile, the sector commander is alleged to be upset by some drivers‘ disregard for the speed restriction and their refusal to respect the 15-minute rest period after a four-hour journey.
He expressed sympathy to the victims’ families and encouraged them to contact the Mowe unit command for additional information regarding the tragedy.
