“The fatal crash was caused by excessive speed and wrongful overtaking when the Mazda bus travelling from Lagos left its lane while overtaking dangerously and collided with the Toyota bus coming from Abuja and travelling on the opposite direction.” ...
Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ota, Ogun, that the accident happened at about 8.30 a.m.
Oladele said the corpses of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu. Oladele added that the remaining six were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, for treatment. The FRSC boss said that the obstructions had been cleared to restore free flow of traffic on the expressway.
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