5 Dead, 13 Injured As 2 Vehicles Collide Along Lagos – Ibadan Expressway

No fewer than five people have lost their lives and thirteen injured in a car accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday, the eve of the new year, 2018.

Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, confirmed that the accident occurred at Wazobia, at about 9.00 a.m.

Mr. Oladele said that two vehicles and eighteen persons were involved in the accident that resulted in the death of five persons while 13 others sustained various degrees of injuries.

The sector commander explained that a
commercial bus with registration number MGD 129 ZF coming from Ibadan to Lagos, lost control and veered off the road and collided with a trailer with registration number DDA 121 XA that was parked by the road side.

“The corpses of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary in Ipara General Hospital, while the survivors are also receiving treatment at Sagamu and Victory Hospital, Ogere,’’ he said.

Mr. Oladele said that the driver of the
commercial bus absconded immediately after the accident occurred.