Ololade Adeyanju/
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 13 persons in an accident involving three vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway this evening.
The FRSC in a statement by the Public Education Officer of its Ogun State Command, Florence Okpe, said 10 people also sustained injuries in the crash.
The statement says the accident which occurred at Sapade near Ogere was caused by a diversion created by Reynolds Construction Company (RCC), the company working on the Sagamu-Ibadan section of the expressway.
Read full statement below:
The Federal Road Safety Corps Ogun State Command with sadness announces the fatal crash along the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway around Sapade near Ogere Ogun State in which thirteen people lost their lives .
The crash which occured on Wednesday 13 November, 2019 occured at about 1700hrs
on the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway by the SAPAADE Bridge near Ogere Ogun State, where diversion was created by RCC the construction company currently working on rehabilitating the corridor
The fatal crash involved a total of 37 people comprising 20 Male Adults , 15 Female Adults and , 2 Female Children
The people injured in the crash were 10 comprising 4 Male Adults and 6 Femake Adults, which unfortunately killed 13 people which comprises 4 Male Adults, 7 Female Adults and , 2 Female Children.
The unfortunate incident involved three vehicles comprising a speeding truck heading towards the Lagos axis of the Expressway but suddenly suffered a tyre burst and in the process collided head on with two other speeding commutter buses heading towards the Ibadan axis of the Expressway, with one of them in the process attempting to wrongfully overtake within the diversion area.
The details of the vehicles are , KTU93XW
a yellow coloured MAZDA BUS
The second Vehicle is a white Toyota Bus with registration number KEY847XA
The third Vehicle with registration number KAB97XA is a MAN DIESEL TRUCK.
The Sector Commander FRSC Ogun State Command, Clement Oladele has expressed deep shock over the incident and commisorated with relations of the crash victims.
The Sector Commander requested relations of the crash victims to contact the FRSC Command in Ogere Ogun State or the Victory Hospital Ogere, where the crashed victims were rescued, for medical treatment.
The corpses of the victims killed at the crash have been deposited at the Ipara Mortuary.
Ogun State and the obstruction being cleared with the aid of RCC, the construction company supporting rescue operations with their heavy duty equipments, to restore traffic .
The Sector Commander has again reiterated that this incident would have been avoided where motorists driving along diversion areas at construction zones, observe maximum speed limit of 50 kilometers per hour and avoid overtaking till clearly out of diversion areas to avoid head on collission .
Passengers inside vehicles being driven recklessly should caution their drivers and where they refused to be cautioned ,the FRSC should be contacted on the FRSC toll free number 122
Signed
Route Commander Florence Okpe
Public Education Officer
Federal Road Safety Corps Ogun State Command
For : Sector Commander
FRSC Ogun State Command