Suspected overspeeding has caused a multiple-vehicle collision at Magboro junction along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The incident, which happened on Sunday, involved three vehicles around 8.30 am.
Eye-witnesses said a Mazda bus rammed into a yellow commercial bus from behind at the junction, causing the other vehicles to lose control, and collide with each other.
Residents who spoke the Punch after the crash said the yellow bus was badly damaged after it was hit by the Mazda bus.
A driver, Salami Idris, who conveys passengers from Magboro to the Mowe area of the expressway, said he narrowly escaped, saying he and his passengers would have also been victims.
“The driver of the Mazda bus filled with passengers was speeding. It hit the yellow bus from behind, and the bus fell towards the sloppy part of the junction where commercial motorcyclists were usually stationed. It was God that saved us. The driver’s hand was badly injured and the bones on his hand were seen,” Idris said.
A motorcyclist who gave his name as Ahmed said he saw officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps taking the injured victims away, expressing fear that some people might have died in the crash.
The spokesperson of the Ogun State Sector of the FRSC, Florence Okpe, however, said nobody died in the incident.
“No life was lost. It was a multiple crash and three vehicles were involved. The people involved were 21 in number, and 14 people got injured – eight males and six females. It was due to speeding and wrongful overtaking and one of the vehicles lost control.”
