THREE KILLED, 14 INJURED IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENT

Three persons were on Monday killed and  14 others sustained injuries in an accident which involved a Mazda bus marked AKD 53 XN travelling from Ibadan to Lagos and a Ford bus marked RGB 490 XA travelling from Lagos to Ikire.  within the axis of Saapade along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway .

Penpushing reports that the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Public Relations Officer, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta,adding that the accident occurred at a diversion area on the expressway where the vehicles collided due to speeding and reckless driving.

“The eyewitness account posited that the driver of the Ford bus coming from Lagos to Ikire was among the three dead victims while the other two were among the passengers in the Mazda bus,” Akinbiyi  said.

Penpushing further reports that the agency spokesman said the three corpses were deposited at FOS Mortuary, Ipara,while  the injured victims were taken to Victory Hospital, Ogere; State Hospital, Isara; and Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Public Relations Officer,  warned motorists to avoid excessive speed and reckless driving at diversion/construction areas because of its attendant consequences,stressing need for them to keep to the 50km/h speed limit.