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4 weeks ago 11
  • Five radical were confirmed dormant and 9 others injured successful a tragic roadworthy clang involving a Mazda autobus and a motortruck connected the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
  • A abstracted petrol tanker detonation astatine NASFAT junction injured 2 radical and destroyed six vehicles, causing wide postulation disruption
  • Another tanker and an 18-tyre motortruck fell adjacent Ogere Bridge, further compounding the day’s postulation woes with extended roadworthy blockage

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering political parties and movements.

At slightest 5 people were killed portion 9 others sustained varying degrees of injuries successful aggregate roadworthy crashes that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway connected Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Lagos roadworthy  crashes assertion  5  lives, details emergeMultiple roadworthy crashes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has claimed 5 lives. Image for illustration purposes. Photo credit: next24online/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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The Public Education Officer of the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Florence Okpe, confirmed this successful a connection connected Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Okpe disclosed that the mishap progressive a Mazda autobus and a motortruck on the Car Park C conception of the expressway.

According to her, the mishap occurred erstwhile the truck, owed to speeding and brake failure, rammed into the autobus portion it was attempting a turn.

The clang progressive 2 vehicles,a Yellow Mazda Bus and an Ash Howo Truck with nary registration number.

FRSC reacts arsenic  9  injured successful  Lagos roadworthy  accidentFRSC confirmed that 9 radical sustained injuries successful aggregate that occurred connected Lagos-Ibadan Expressway connected Wednesday. Photo credit: FRSC
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She said:

“A full of 12 passengers (seven antheral adults and 5 pistillate adults) were progressive successful the crash. Two antheral adults and 3 pistillate adults were killed, portion 5 antheral adults and 2 pistillate adults were injured.“The injured victims were taken to Famobis Hospital, Mowe, portion the corpses were deposited astatine Idera Morgue.“The suspected causes of the clang were speeding, brake failure, and nonaccomplishment of power connected the portion of the Howo truck, which rammed into the Mazda autobus arsenic the operator was negotiating a turning constituent astatine Car Park C.”

Explosion rocks Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Similarly, 2 radical sustained varying degrees of injuries portion six vehicles were burnt aft a petrol-laden tanker exploded other the NASFAT junction on the expressway connected Wednesday.

Legit.ng reported that a fully-loaded petrol tanker overturned and exploded connected the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway connected Wednesday, causing panic among commuters and starring to a monolithic inferno that engulfed respective vehicles.

Confirming the casualty successful a postulation update, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed that 2 radical suffered terrible injuries.

He added that six vehicles, including 4 trucks, 1 bus, and 1 Toyota Camry.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that a fatal mishap has reportedly claimed the lives of galore radical astatine the Karu span on the Abuja-Keffi expressway.

It was gathered that the mishap progressive a trailer and a conveyance conveying sachet water, commonly referred to arsenic 'pure water'.

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