A male passenger has lost his life while three others sustained injuries when a Mazda bus crashed into a truck on the Danco stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, heading towards Lagos, Ogun State.
The collision, which took place on Monday night, involved a blue Mazda bus with the license plate AAA 989 YA and an unknown truck.
Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, revealed this in a traffic report on Tuesday.
Akinbiyi stated that there were eight individuals, including four males and four females, on the bus when the crash took place.
He mentioned that three passengers, consisting of two women and one man, were injured, while a male passenger, whose identity is still unknown, passed away.
Akinbiyi recounted the crash, mentioning that a witness attributed the accident to the truck driver, who purportedlyreversed onto the expressway.
He mentioned, “As per an eyewitness, the accident occurred due to a mysterious truck that backed onto the expressway and was struck from behind by the fast-moving bus. The truck took off rapidly.
“Eight individuals included four males and four females; one adult male passed away, and three individuals, consisting of two females and one male, sustained injuries.”
He stated that the wounded victims were transported to a local hospital, while the corpse of the deceased was placed in the morgue at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital.
He stated, “The injured passengers were quickly taken to a local hospital, the presumed deceased body was placed in the OOUTH morgue, and the accident vehicle was removed from the road.
Akinbiyi mentioned that personnel from TRACE and the Federal Road Safety Corps were sent to the location to handle the situation and remove the vehicles.
He mentioned that the accident initially disrupted traffic on the Lagos-bound lane of the expressway, but that regular movement resumed after the vehicles were cleared.
“After the removal of the impacted vehicles, the route is now experiencing unobstructed traffic movement,” he stated.
