Driver dies, four others injured in Lagos-Ibadan road accident

A operator has been confirmed dormant and 4 others severely injured successful a roadworthy mishap that occurred astatine the Lifemate axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The mishap progressive a achromatic Toyota Highlander Jeep with registration fig ABC 836 EF and a DAF motortruck with fig sheet DTF 997 XA.

According to the spokesperson of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, the jeep crashed into the backmost of the moving motortruck astatine astir 7 a.m connected Wednesday.

He stated that the DAF motortruck loaded with cocoa, had 3 big antheral occupants, portion the jeep had 5 big antheral occupants.

He said, “Unfortunately, retired of the 5 occupants successful the vehicle, the operator mislaid his beingness portion others were injured.”

“The relatives (brothers) of the deceased, who were contiguous astatine the scene, arranged for an ambulance and initially conveyed him to the constabulary presumption earlier proceeding to instrumentality him to their hometown,” Akinbiyi added.

Meanwhile, the bureau extended its condolences to the household of the deceased and cautioned drivers against speeding excessively, emphasizing the worth of patience, peculiarly arsenic it is starting to rain.

Driver dies, 4 others injured successful Lagos-Ibadan roadworthy acciden...