18 die in ghastly accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

The Public Relations Officer of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, has confirmed the death of at least 18 people who perished in a ghastly motor accident.

The accident which also left several others injured, involved a Ford Explorer SUV and a Mazda bus at Alapako area on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Akinbiyi explained that the cause of the accident was as a result of a wrong overtaking on the part of the Mazda bus which led to a head-on SUB collision with the Jeep.

“The accident involved 19 people, 18 people died while one person was seriously injured.

”The Commercial Bus with registration number GGE 873 XU was trying to overtake a vehicle in front before colliding with the Ford Explorer Jeep with registration number KJA 278 DS coming from the opposite direction.

“All the 18 passengers in the bus died while the driver in the SUV , the only occupant, sustained injury.

”Seven of the dead passengers were evacuated by our officers and their remains deposited at FOS Mortuary, Ipara-Remo, while the remains of another three, who were initially injured but died later, were deposited at Isara General Hospital,” he added.