One dead, nine injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash

One male adult was confirmed dead while nine others sustained injuries in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday morning, the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has said.

TRACE spokesman, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, stated this while speaking to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, adding that the accident involving a Mazda bus and a Mack tanker occurred at 10:15am near Saapade bridge after Ogere.

“The bus marked KRE-495 XA was coming from Ibadan while the tanker with registration number LND-868 XN was inbound Ibadan from Lagos.

Read also: 1 feared killed, 4 labourers injured as 2-storey building collapses in Ikoyi

“The axis is a diversion zone, with inbound and outbound traffic sharing the outbound traffic together due to the ongoing road reconstruction and rehabilitation by Reynold Construction Company.

“The bus driver didn’t calculate well before overtaking the vehicle in its front which resulted in a head-on collision with the tanker, which was on its rightful lane,” he said.

According to Akinbiyi, five male adults and four female adults sustained injuries while one male adult died in the accident, adding that the injured victims were taken to the State Hospital, Isara, while the deceased was deposited at FOS Mortuary, Ipara.

Akinbiyi advised motorists to always keep to the 50km speed limit at construction areas/axis in order to avoid mishaps

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now