Autocrash claims two on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Folarin Bello, Abeokuta

A lone accident on Friday afternoon claimed two lives on the Lagos Ibadan expressway.

In a statement made available by the Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, the tyre of the 18 passenger vehicle burst while on motion, while the driver lost control.

The accident was said to have occured around Christopher University outbound of Lagos.

12 passengers were said to have sustained injuries while two males persons died on the spot.

The Ogun State Ambulance Service team according to the information took the injured persons to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu while the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) as well took some victims to a private hospital in the same locality.