By Oluwatosin Maliki
Two persons have been confirmed dead, with six others injured, following a lone accident which occurred around Car Park C turning of the Redemption City, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Quest Times gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday, around 2:21 am, involving a Toyota bus with number plate ACA607XT.
The vehicle was said to have been speeding, which eventually made the bus to lose control, leading to the crash.
Florence Okpe, the spokesperson, Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday.
Following the incident, the injured victims were quickly taken to a nearby hospital, while the corpses of the deceased were deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.
Meanwhile, the Sector Commander, FRSC Ogun Sector Command, Anthony Uga, was said to have expressed his sadness over the refusal of motorists to obey simple traffic rules, especially that of speed limit which has been the major cause of fatal crashes on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Hence, he advised motorists to go with the stipulated speed limit, while noting that traffic rules are for their safety and that of others.
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,” he added.