A yet-to-be identified driver was confirmed dead on Tuesday following a fatal crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
It was reported that the fatal crash happened around 3:20 PM near the Forte Filling Station on the Sagamu stretch of the expressway. There were also at least three other people who were injured to varying degrees.
The state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, stated that the accident involved a granite-loaded truck with the license plate FKJ760XM and a Toyota with the registration number JJJ926YJ.
She said that when the driver of the Toyota automobile lost control and crashed with the truck, both cars were headed from Ibadan towards Lagos.
As a result of the incident, Odutola added that the Toyota car driver became trapped in the vehicle and was later rushed to a hospital, where doctors on duty confirmed his death.
“After being rescued from where he was trapped, he was taken to Idera Hospital in Sagamu. The doctor later confirmed his death. Two other passengers in the Toyota sustained varying degrees of injuries,” Odutola said.
It was learnt that the deceased’s body had been moved into the hospital mortuary.
Two persons lost their lives in an accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway’s Ibafo corridor in a related incident that was reported in late July.
According to reports, an orange DAF truck with the registration number ANC711XA and a Peugeot bus with the number WRA224XA were involved in the collision.
