Two persons have lost their lives in an accident involving a truck and a commercial bus along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Eye-witnesses said the Toyota Hiace bus, marked GAS 937, ran into the moving truck around Christopher University, along the express road.
The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday.
Okpe explained that 10 persons were involved, comprising seven males and three females.
According to her, six men and two women were injured while one man and one woman were recorded dead from the crash.
Okpe blamed the fatal crash on speeding and wrongful overtaking on the part of the Toyota driver.
She noted that the injured victims were taken to Famobis Hospital in Mowe while the bodies were deposited at Idera mortuary, Sagamu.
Okpe relayed the the FRSC Sector Commander, Anthony Uga’s advice to motorists to avoid overspeeding and dangerous overtaking.
