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Four die, 12 injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway crash
Four persons on Monday died, while 12 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus around Isara bridge on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. It was gathered that the accident, which occurred at 2:20pm on Monday, was caused by a burst tyre on the speeding vehicle. The spokesman of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday. According to him, 16 people were involved in the accident comprising three male adults, eight female adults and five male children. The TRACE Publicist said four of the passengers died on the spot in the accident. “The commercial bus, loaded with 16 passengers including the driver was on transit from Lagos to Ibadan, when the...
Five dead in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident
The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps said five persons died while one was injured on Thursday in an accident after Sagamu Interchange, on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Ogun Public Relations Officer of TRACE, disclosed this in a statement made available in Ota, Ogun. Akinbiyi said the multiple accident, which happened about 9.30 a.m., was caused by reckless driving and wrongful overtaking. He said three vehicles comprising a Daf tanker with no registration number, a Benz truck marked FST 340 XW, and a Mazda space bus marked GGE 296 DC, were involved in the accident. The TRACE official said five persons died while one sustained injuries in the accident. “The corpses of victims have been deposited at Idera Hospital morgue, Sagamu, while the survivor is also ...
