20 die in Plateau, Lagos-Ibadan expressway crashes

• Published date: 15 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Twenty people lost their lives on Saturday in both Ogun and Plateau states during road crashes.

In Ogun, 10 people died in a predawn auto crash that occurred at Oniworo stretch of Lagos -Ibadan expressway.

The accident which happened around 4.30am also left two persons with varying degrees of injuries while seven came out of the wreckage unscathed.

It was learnt that a total of 19 persons were involved in the crash which comprised 13 male adults and six female adults.

Witnesses said the driver of a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number KLD539XA, lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the rear of an unmarked Mack container truck parked by the roadside.

Florence Okpe, Superintendent Route Commander and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Public Education Officer for Sector Commander, Ogun State Sector Command, Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the accident, attributed the accident to road obstruction on the part of the truck and excessive speed by the driver of the Toyota bus which led to the loss of control and ramming into the truck at the rear.

She added that the injured victims were taken to Victory Hospital Ogere for medical attention while the remains of the dead were deposited at Ipara morgue.

Okpe quoted the Sector Commander as being pained that motorists were in the habit of flouting some simple traffic rules which are meant to save the lives of people.

According to her, the Sector Commander FRSC Ogun urged motorists to take cognisance of poor visibility due to harmattan haze and put on the headlamp when the weather is hazy, even as he cautioned the truck drivers for non-display of caution signs whenever there was a breakdown on the road.

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