Seven people were on Sunday killed in a
multiple auto crash which occurred along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
About 23 others sustained various degrees of
injuries from the crash.
The accident, which occurred in Mowe/Ibafo
axis of Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, involved a trailer
with registration, a Toyota Camry car marked, and two Mazda buses with
registration numbers.
A witness said the trailer was conveying
wooden materials to Lagos when one of its tyres burst on the road. The driver,
who was speeding, lost control of the vehicle. The trailer’s load fell on the
Mazda bus killing six of the occupants. A motor boy on the trailer also
reportedly fell from the vehicle and died.
Some minutes after the crash, officials of the
Ogun State Traffic Compliance Enforcement, TRACE, and Federal Road Safety Corps
raced to the scene to control the situation.
The TRACE head of operations in Mowe, Ibafo,
Ojerinde Kabeer, confirmed the incident. He said the dead have been moved to a
morgue in Sagamu,while the injured were taken to a nearby hospital for
immediate medical attention.
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