Seven passengers have been confirmed dead and 11 others injured in a road crash involving a truck and a commercial bus on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital.
TRACE’s Public Relations Officer, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the crash involved a Sinotruck and a white Toyota bus.
According to him, the truck, which was travelling at excessive speed, rammed into the bus conveying about 18 passengers.
Akinbiyi said the injured passengers had been taken to the General Hospital, Ishara, for medical attention, while the bodies of those presumed dead were deposited at the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.
TRACE again cautioned motorists, particularly truck drivers, against excessive speed and reckless driving, especially on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
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