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Pregnant Woman, Two Others Die In An Accident On Lagos/Ibadan Expressway
- This was said to have resulted into multiple hits by other vehicles.
A pregnant woman and two others lost their lives in an unfortunate accident on Thursday, at the Ogun State axis of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.
Eye witnesses’ said the incident occured at Evy & Danco area, inbound Lagos, at about 4.30am.
Akintunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps TRACE, who confirmed the incident said the accident involved a DAF Truck flat body with number plate XY 895 GGE, Mazda Bus with number plate KND 676 XX loaded with tomatoes, Mazda Bus with number plate BOG 755 YA loaded with gari and an Iveco Truck JBD 16 XY loaded with granite.
It was learnt that the incident occured when the Mazda Bus loaded with gari lost control as a result of overspeeding and rammed into a truck from the rear.
This was said to have resulted into multiple hits by other vehicles.
Accident scene
It was gathered that the total number of occupants in the vehicles were nine (eight males and a female).
Two of the victims were occupants of the Mazda Bus loaded with gari while the pregnant woman was an occupant of the Mazda Bus loaded with tomatoes.
Akinbiyi said they were evacuated by officials of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), to Idera Private Morgue, Sagamu while TRACE officials cleared the road to regulate and normalize traffic.
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Akinbiyi said the accidented vehicles were towed to Sagamu Divisional Command. He said, “while TRACE Corps commiserate with the affected victims, motorists are warned to desist from overspeeding, moreso, that the roads are wet with poor visibility affecting drivers who are fatigued before the break of dawn, ”
The incident reportedly disrupted free flow of traffic imbound Lagos but was later cleared by TRACE and other sister agencies.
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