SEVEN KILLED ON LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENT AS VEHICLE CATCHES FIRE

Okpe  stated further that, the crash scene has been cleared for free flow of traffic, adding that It should be noted that traffic advisory was earlier issued by the FRSC on the condition of  section of the road as a  black spot, warning motorists to drive with caution around the area. 

‘When traffic at the portion of the road was to be diverted, the FRSC issued a traffic advisory on 13 December 2017 with traffic signs erected by RCC to caution motorists.   However a crash still occurred on 09 January 2018 at the section of the road killing ten people when a Dangote truck collided head on with a passenger bus killing the ten passengers except the two drivers’, she stated. 

‘ The FRSC Sector Commander Clement Oladele had in company of the Federal Controller of Works Ogun State Engr Popoola met the leadership of RCC  on 16 January 2018,  to discuss further safety measures by  the construction company as well as intensified patrol by the FRSC around this black spot,  to prevent crashes’,Okpe added. 

‘The FRSC Ogun State Sector Commander is hereby reiterating the need for motorists to exercise caution and obey the  traffic signs erected on this segment of the road which may remain  till June 2018  before the repairs is completed and the road open to traffic’.

Okpe advised travellers to refrain from travelling inside containers as the seven burnt victims were travelling inside the container of the truck which caused the crash as it embarked on dangerous overtaking at the portion traffic was diverted and collided with oncoming vehicles.