Ololade Adeyanju/
At least six people were confirmed dead and 24 others, including children, injured yesterday in an accident involving two commercial buses at the Ogere end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
The accident which involved a Toyota bus marked ABC932XJ and a Mazda bus (FST820XD), occurred when the Mazda bus veered off its lane and collided with the Toyota bus coming from Abuja.
The Route Commander, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Command, Florence Okpe, blamed the accident on “excessive speed and wrongful overtaking”.
According to Okpe, the Mazda bus coming from Lagos left its lane while overtaking another vehicle and collided with the Toyota bus coming from Abuja.
Her words: “A total of 30 people were involved made up of 19 male adults, nine female adults, one male child and another female child.
“The people injured in the crash were 24 comprising 16 male adults, female adults, a male child and a female child.
“Unfortunately the crash led to the death of six people made up of three male adults and three female adults.
“The FRSC rescue team rescued 11 injured victims and took them to Victory Hospital Ogere, six other victims were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OSUTH) Sagamu.
“Seven other victims were taken to Idera Hospital Sagamu for medical attention.”
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