Five dead, three injured in an auto crash at Lagos-Ibadan expressway

The lives of Five persons came to an end, while three persons were left injured in an auto crash at the new Makun axis of Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

According to the Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enlightenment Agency, TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi,said the accident involved a truck and a passenger bus.

He said the accident was caused by the heavy down pour in addition with over speeding of the commercial Mazda bus with registration number LSD 454 XT which rammed into the truck.

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Mr. Akinbiyi said the bus had no functional wiper for its windscreen during rainfall, which blurred the vision of the driver resulting in the accident.

He said the‎ impact of the collision resulted in the death of the five victims in the bus, who were traveling alongside other occupants.

The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, who was travelling from Iperu to Lagos met the accident, the official said.

He said the governor’s convoy had to stop to help take the victims to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

Mr. Akinbiyi said the corpses had being deposited in the morgue, while the injured were receiving treatment.

Source:( Premium Times )