What is it about Lagos-Ibadan
expressway too many motor accident? In
an auto crash that occurred on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday the 7th
of February 2016 seventeen people were confirmed dead.
About seventy-nine were
severely injured.
According to sources, the
accident involved a vehicle, marked AA 902 MML, and a Peugeot bus.
According to the Oyo State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC,
Yusuf Salami, the ill-fated vehicles were on their way to Lagos when the
accident occurred at Sepo area of the road.
Oyo State Sector Commander
said the cause could be blamed on excessive speed and impatience. He said: “A
Peugeot J5, with plate number XS 626 LSV and a DAF articulated vehicle crashed
as both drivers were struggling for the right of way. They were both going to
Lagos when the accident occurred on Sunday.
“It happened just before
the campus of the Dominion University in Sepo, along the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway. “There were 96 people involved, with 17 confirmed dead. It is
obvious that both drivers were over speeding and suddenly lost control of the
vehicles. The Peugeot bus was loaded with passengers and goods but the casualty
figure rose because the other vehicle was travelling to Lagos with huge amount
of illegal passengers.”
Salami said all the corpses
were said to have been deposited at the Adeoyo State Hospital morgue in Ibadan.
Really sad
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