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Fatal Road Accident Claims 5, Injures 10 along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Rita Enemuru, Reporting

A fatal road accident involving two trucks and a bus has claimed the lives of five persons, leaving 10 critically injured at the popular Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday.

The accident, which occurred around 9:56 a.m, involved a DAF truck with number plate KUT561ZZ, a Toyota Hiace bus with Registration Number GGE84YF, and another truck without a number plate.

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A total of 15 people were involved in the accident were identified to be 11 males and four female adults according to the Spokesperson for Ogun State Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe.

According to Okpe, one of the truck drivers did a rapid U-turn without switching on its indicator which caused the truck behind it and another bus to lose control and collided.

The injured victims were said to have been taken to Famobi Hospital, Mowe, in Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area of the state while the corpses were deposited at Idera Hospital morgue, Sagamu.

The statement partly reads “The suspected cause of the crash was dangerous driving on the part of one of the trucks which made a sudden U-turn without any indication to alert the truck behind which led to loss of control on both the truck and the bus.

“The injured victims were taken to Famobi Hospital Mowe while the corpses were deposited at Idera Hospital morgue Sagamu.

“It was a combined rescue operation of FRSC, Nigeria Police Force and other sister agencies were all on the ground managing the situation”

In reaction to the crash, the Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Anthony Uga cautioned motorists on speed and reckless driving warning that any driver involved in a crash that claims lives will be prosecuted forthwith to serve as a deterrent to recalcitrant drivers

Uga said he is pained over the incessant crashes, especially along this corridor axis, and further urged motorists to shun speed and drive defensively for safety purposes.

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