Seven killed in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway collision
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Seven people were killed and 11 others injured when a tipper truck hit an 18-seat commercial bus on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, near Conoil, in Ogun State. The accident occurred Wednesday at around 15:08 on the Lagos-bound carriageway, according to the Ogun agency responsible for road traffic control and enforcement.
Seven people were killed and 11 others injured Thursday in a collision between a tipper truck and a commercial bus on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, near the Conoil axis, in Ogun State. Babatunde Akinbiyi, spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the toll, according to Punch.
The accident occurred at around 15:08 on the Lagos-bound carriageway and involved an 18-seat Toyota bus and a Sinotruck tipper truck. The seven dead were two men and five women, while the 11 injured were five men and six women, Akinbiyi said.
The injured were taken to Ishara General Hospital and other health facilities. The bodies were deposited at the morgue of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital. TRACE, the police and the Federal Road Safety Corps responded at the scene, and the damaged vehicles were subsequently removed to restore traffic.
