FRSC confirms nine deaths in Tuesday’s accident on Lagos-Ibadan road

No fewer than nine persons were feared dead on Tuesday in an accident
involving a Mercedes-Benz Marcopolo bus and an Iveco truck at Aseese
area on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

Mr Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps,
FRSC, confirmed the figure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Abeokuta.

Oladele said that the accident was caused by speeding by the driver of
the bus marked SMK 867 XG.

He said that the bus lost control and collided with the parked truck
with registration number AAA XP at 5:30am.

"A total of 42 persons were involved in the accident; they comprised
34 males and eight females.

"Three male and two female adults were injured while seven male and
two female adults died," he said.

The sector commander told NAN that the injured victims were taken to a
nearby hospital while the corpses were deposited at the Olabisi
Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital mortuary, Sagamu, Ogun.