One person has been k!lled while seven others were injured in an accident that occurred along the Danlitti turning inbound Lagos on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday.
According to a traffic update from the Commandant General of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Seni Ogunyemi, 18 people were involved in the crash in the early hours of the day.
The accident reportedly happened when a truck collided with a Mazda bus from the rear causing the bus to hit another truck ahead of it.
“A fatal accident along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Danlitti turning inbound Lagos. Vehicles involved are one Mazda bus with number plate FFA 317 XD and two unknown trucks.
“According to the Mazda bus driver, an unknown truck hit his bus from the rear and as a result, he rammed into a moving truck from the rear but the truck driver also did not wait.
“Eighteen persons were involved (12 adult males, and six adult females), seven persons were injured and one death was recorded,” the Trace boss said in the update.
“The presumed death has been taken to Famobis morgue at Lotto by FRSC before our arrival and also the injured victims have been taken to Famobis hospital as well by FRSC,” Ogunyemi added.
