Accident has claimed the lives of two persons and injured 15 on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Gatekeepers News reports that two persons have lost their lives while 15 others sustained injuries when a speeding DAF truck overturned at a diversion point along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday.
According to reports, the incident involved a vehicle loaded with bags of onions and passengers and was travelling towards Lagos when the accident occurred around the Eldorado axis on the expressway.
The accident led to gridlock, as the truck emptied the onions and passengers on the road.
The Spokesman of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the incident, gave the number plate of the truck as RBH 214 XA.
Akinbiyi said, “According to eyewitness account, as the vehicle was approaching the diversion bend, the driver lost control, probably as a result of speed.
” It overturned in the process, spilling all the onions it was carrying on the road, together with the 17 passengers atop the truck.
“Two of the passengers died on the spot while 15 others were injured.
“The rescue agencies at the scene of the crash were the TRACE, Police, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and JBN.”
The Spokesman, therefore, commiserated with the families of the deceased and warned drivers to reduce their speed while approaching diversion and construction zones in view of its attendant consequences.
