By Adekunle Peters
Seven persons lost their lives while four others sustained varying degrees of injuries in multiple accidents that occurred along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway on Saturday morning, along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway.
The accidents occcured when a Mark truck driver lost control and crashed into two other vehicles.
The Chief Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State, South-West Nigeria, Florence Okupe, confirmed the ghastly accidents in a statement in Abeokuta.
The statement disclosed that a total of 15 persons, comprising 13 males adults and two females, were involved in the accidents.
Those injured were three male adults and one female adult while the six male adults and one female adults lost their lives, the statement said.
The FRSC spokesperson, overspeeding for by the Mack truck driver led to loss of control and ramming into the other two vehicles.
“The injured victims were taken to Divine Touch Hospital and Glory Center Hospital, Ibafo, while the dead bodies were taken to Idera morgue Sagamu.
“The Sector Commander, Fasakin Akinwumi, visited the crash scene for further investigation as he sympathised with the families of the crash victims and enjoined them to contact FRSC Ibafo, for more information,” she said.
Okupe confirmed that the accidented vehicles have been towed off the road for free flow of traffic.
FRSC, Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident
