Four Die, Eight injured In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Auto-Crash

At least, four persons have been recorded dead, while eight others sustained injuries in an auto-crash that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, in the Ogunmakin area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, Ogun State.

Federal Road Safety Corps sector Command, Ahmed Umar, made this known while confirming the incident on Sunday.

He said the accident involving a CNHTC trailer marked XA 802 KKM and a Mazda bus with registration number SHK 684 XA happened around 8:45pm on Saturday in the area.

The sector commander said speed and loss of control on the part of the bus driver were responsible for the accident.

He revealed that a total number of 13 people were involved in the accident which comprised of 12 men and one woman.

According to him, eight people got injured, all men, while four persons died comprising three men and one woman.

FRSC boss, however, noted that the injured victims had been taken to Victory Hospital, Ogere, while the deceased had been deposited at FOS morgue, Ipara.

He described the crash as avoidable act, if caution was imbibed, using common sense speed limit especially as it was raining.

He charged motorists to always obey traffic rules and regulations especially on speed violation.

While commiserating with the family of the crash victims, he also asked them to contact the FRSC command in the Ogunmakin area of the state for details of the crash and reclaim the properties of the victims recovered from the crash scene.