Car accident leaves two dead along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

A car accident involving a Mazda bus and a motorcycle around the new Kara Market on the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway has killed at least two persons on Tuesday, MyNigeria.com reports.

Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, told journalists in Abeokuta that the accident happened around 9:30 a.m

He revealed that the bus driver caused the accident while due to his reckless driving and wrongful overtaking while driving.

"Due to reckless driving, the bus marked AME-805 XA hit the moving Bajaj motorcycle marked SGM-149 V; after that, the bus lost control and rammed into a moving trailer from the rear. The trailer did not stop.

"The bus was transiting from Berger to Ibadan. 18 passengers comprising 13 males and five females were on board the bus when the accident occurred.

"Unfortunately, six people were injured while two male adults, one from the bus and another from the motorcycle died in the accident,” he said.

The TRACE spokesman said the injured victims were taken to Victory Hospital, Ogere, Remo, while the deceased were deposited at the State Hospital’s mortuary in Isara Remo.

(Punch/NAN)