Four dead, one injured in crash on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Four radical person been killed and different injured successful an early-morning roadworthy clang connected the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway successful Ogun State.

The mishap occurred astatine astir 4am connected Wednesday adjacent Straight Gate School, Ipara Remo, on the Ibadan-Lagos route.

Eight radical were progressive successful the crash, which progressive a bluish Mitsubishi Cabstar with registration fig FGE 753 XA and an ash-coloured HOWO motortruck bearing registration fig T-695 KT.

The Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps said the Mitsubishi operator was travelling astatine precocious velocity erstwhile helium attempted to overtake the moving motortruck and subsequently rammed into it.

The FRSC identified velocity usurpation and wrongful overtaking arsenic the preliminary causes of the crash, portion fatigue was besides listed arsenic a contributing factor.

The command’s spokesperson, Chief Route Commander Afolabi Odunsi, disclosed this successful a connection made disposable to journalists connected Wednesday.

According to Odunsi, 4 antheral adults died successful the crash, portion different antheral big sustained injuries. ...