Three Persons Die, 14 Others Sustain Injuries In Auto Crash Along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

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Excessive speed has sent three people to death while 14 others sustained injuries in a head-on collision motor accident along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday.

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The spokesman of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

Mr Akinbiyi said the accident, which occurred around 7:15am, 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.

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He said 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,” the spokesman said.

Mr Akinbiyi said the three corpses were deposited at FOS Mortuary, Ipara.

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He said the injured victims were taken to Victory Hospital, Ogere; State Hospital, Isara; and Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

He warned motorists to avoid excessive speed and reckless driving at diversion/construction areas because of its attendant consequences.

Mr Akinbiyi urged them to keep to the 50km/h speed limit.

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(NAN)

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