Two die as vehicles pile-up in fatal accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Ogun state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said two people lost their lives on Saturday in a three-vehicle pile-up around AP petrol station on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
The state Sector Commander of FRSC, Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that one other person sustained injuries.
Mr Umar said the accident, which involved five people and three vehicles, happened at about 6.40 a.m., and was as a result of “over-speeding.”
Explaining how it happened, Mr Umar said that one of the vehicles got trapped in a heap of granite spilled on a section of the road by a truck, and that the two other vehicles ran into the trapped vehicle, resulting in multiple collisions.
He said the vehicles involved in the accident were a grey Volkswagen car with registration number GWA 114 BC, a silver Hyundai Sonata car marked RBC 108 AE, and a grey Mercedes Benz car marked BDG 757 GF.
“The corpses of the victims have been deposited at Idera Hospital, Sagamu, while the survivor is also receiving treatment in the same hospital,” Mr Umar said.
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