Tragic: Nine feared dead, others injured in multiple Lagos/Ibadan expressway crash

– Four injured women were rushed to the hospital while the remaining two found dead female passengers were taken mortuary

– Another casualties included four males and two females and a child on the same road

Two women have lost their lives and four sustained severe injuries on Saturday at Wasimi Village on the old Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

On Sunday at Fidiwo, Ogun state another road mishap have left seven people died on the same Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The Saturday accident that occurred in the morning involved a Nissan saloon car and an IVECO truck was attributed to over speeding of the truck driver.

Eyewitnesses relayed that the woman driving the car lost control when the driver of the granite-laden truck coming behind hooted the vehicle’s horn to pave the way for its passage on the double-carriage road.

He added that the truck driver, while trying to avoid the car, crashed into the median and fell on the motor, emptying its content on the highway and on the motorist.

The victims’ car was said to have been covered by the granite and those who were alive were seen waving through the granite.

It was learnt that six female occupants of the car were said to have been pulled out.

The four injured women were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, while the two female passengers were taken to the Ifo General Hospital mortuary.


The other road users, Adekunbi and Ali, who were on their way to Abeokuta, immediately contacted the men of the Ogun state traffic compliance and enforcement agency and Federal Road Safety Corps.

The Punch reports that the entourage of the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi, and the newly promoted Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Abdulmajid Ali, went to rescue the victims.

Also involved in the rescue operation was a former chairman of the Abeokuta North LGA, Abeeb Ajayi. Both the state Sector Commander of the FRSC, Adegoke Adetunji, and the Public Relations Officer of TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, blamed the truck driver for speeding.

The FRSC boss said, “I don’t want to link the incident to the weather, but this is a rainy season and the road is always wet; the tyres will not have good grip on the road like when the road is dry.

“My advice to motorists is to obey the speed limit. If they know the weather is not conducive, they shouldn’t be in a hurry; they should obey the speed limit and have consideration for other road users. They should also desist from using fairly-used tyres.”

Also, the Sunday auto crash claimed seven persons while nine others were injured at Fidiwo area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
According to an eyewitness, Adetunji the accident occurred at 12 noon. He said the casualties were four males, two females and a child.
He explained that the crash involved a Mazda 18-seater passenger bus and a truck.
 “The accident happened at a section where there was a diversion of traffic to a single lane due to ongoing construction work on the road,” he added.
The Ogunmakin Unit Commander, FRSC, Mr. David Ogunjana, has attributed the to wrongful overtaking. He noted that the driver of the Mazda bus heading for Ibadan overtook wrongfully and the bus ran into the oncoming truck.