Five killed in fatal head-on collision on Lagos Badagry expressway

Five men person reportedly died pursuing a fatal roadworthy clang involving a Toyota Camry and an Iveco motortruck astatine Sawmill, adjacent Mowo Bus Stop, on the Badagry Expressway successful Lagos.

The incidental occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday, with the vehicles identified arsenic a Toyota Camry with registration fig FKJ 630KS and an Iveco motortruck bearing registration fig T28081 LA.

According to the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA received a distress telephone astir the clang astatine astir 5:16am.

He said the bureau instantly mobilised its Dolphin Team from the Igando Base to the scene, wherever responders confirmed that the 2 vehicles had been progressive successful a fatal head-on collision.

Preliminary findings indicated that the clang whitethorn person resulted from excessive velocity and reckless driving by the operator of the Toyota Camry.

According to the agency, the operator reportedly mislaid power portion travelling on the expressway, crossed into the other lane and collided head-on with the approaching Iveco truck.

“Regrettably, the interaction of the collision resulted successful the decease of 5 big males who were occupants of the Toyota Camry,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.

He added that exigency responders recovered the bodies of the v...