Twelve people were announced dead where as the other five sustained but had serious injuries in an accident involving a Volvo truck and a Ford bus at Foursquare area on Lagos /Ibadan Expressway on Saturday.
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), confirmed the incident in Abeokuta.
Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred as a results of reckless driving and wrongful overtaking on the part of the Ford passenger bus with registration number AAA 886 XR, which led to a head on collision with the oncoming truck.
He stated that the truck with registration number LSD 138 XQ, was coming from the opposite direction before the accident.
“The accident occurred around Foursquare camp (diversion axis) on the Lagos /Ibadan Expressway.
“17 people were involved, 12 out of the 17 people which was madenup of six male and six female died while three male and two female sustained injuries, ” he said.
The TRACE spokesman added that the injured victims were taken to Ife – Oluwa Plus A hospital, Ogunmakin while the corpses were sent to FOS Mortuary, Ipara.
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