Two persons were killed and several others injured during the early hours of Monday in a fatal accident involving a passenger bus and a dump truck along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway.
The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed that the vehicles involved were an unregistered Howo truck and a Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number BEN 823 ZW.
“There is a road accident at Area Command hill, Inbound Ijebu Ode, on Sagamu-Benin Expressway at about 0630hrs on 01/07/2024. Two vehicles were involved: a Howo truck with no registration number and a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number BEN 823 ZW.
“According to eyewitnesses, the accident was caused by excessive speed on the bus driver’s part, leading to loss of control, thereby crashing into the truck. There were 15 males and five female passengers, with four injured and two dead.”
The TRACE spokesperson disclosed that the remains of the dead victims were deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital morgue, while the injured were receiving treatment in the same hospital.
