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Two Die, Six Injured In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident
A total of eight persons were involved, all male adults, six were injured and two persons were recorded dead
Abeokuta, Ogun State– The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday said that two persons dead while six others sustained various degrees of injury near Car Park C turning of the Redemption City along the bustling Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The lone crash involving a Toyota bus with number plate ACA607XT occurred on Tuesday morning, Dec. 26, at around 2:21 am,
Florence Okpe, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday.
The injured victims were said to have been taken to a nearby hospital while the corpses of the deceased were deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.
The Sector Commander of the FRSC Ogun Sector Command, Anthony Uga, reportedly expresses deep concern and sadness regarding motorists’ failure to adhere to basic traffic regulations, particularly the speed limit, a significant factor contributing to fatal accidents on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
He further advised motorists to go with the stipulated speed limit and drive to stay alive.
The statement partly read, “The crash occurred in the early hours of today Tuesday, December 27, 2023, at about 0221 hrs around Car Park C turning on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
“A total of eight persons were involved, all male adults, six were injured and two persons were recorded dead.
“The vehicle involved was with registration number ACA607XT a Toyota Hiace bus.
“The suspected cause of the lone crash was excessive speed which led to loss of control and the vehicle crashed.”
