An auto accident that happened at along Ibafo marlet on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has claimed the life of one person out of the 14 occupants of the bus. Reports recorded that the accident which involved a Mark truck and a Toyota Hummer bus took place on Monday around 12.30p.m.
Mr
Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic
Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), confirmed the incident to
newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday.
According to Akinbiyi, who disclosed that the
accident occurred at about 12:30p.m. on Monday, said the accident was caused by
excessive speed on the part of the bus driver.
He also said, “The fatal
accident involved a Mark truck with registration number KRD 995 XG and a
Toyota Hummer bus inbound Lagos with registration number LSD 533 XL.“The
driver of the bus was speeding and rammed into the moving truck,
leading to the death of one of the 14 occupants of the bus,” he said.
Akinbiyi said that the remains of the deceased had been deposited at Divine Touch Hospital in Ibafo.
He advised motorists to always obey traffic rules and regulations in order to stay alive.
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