Nine dead, 16 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident

The Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun has confirmed the death of nine people in an accident involving two vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Sector Commander of FRSC in the state, Mr Ahmed Umar, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ota that 16 other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries.

Umar explained that the accident occurred at about 3.45pm. around Wich Tech Company, near Danco Station on the ever-busy expressway. He said that the accident involved a commercial white Mazda Bus with registration number: APP 28 YE and a blue Volvo Truck with no number plate. The sector commander further stated that the accident involved 25 persons, with nine killed and 16 injured.

He said that the corpses of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of Idera Hospital, Sagamu, while the survivors were receiving treatment at the same hospital.

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