Monday, February 8, 2016

Auto crash: 17 killed, 79 injured on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

http://newtelegraphonline.com/auto-crash-17-killed-79-injured-lagos-ibadan-expressway/

It was a bloody Sunday yesterday on the Lagos- Ibadan Expressway where at least 17 people lost their lives in an auto accident. 

About 79 others were said to have sustained various degrees of injury in the accident involving an articulated vehicle and a Peugeot J5 bus at Sepo area on the ever-busy highway, which in the last couple of years has become a death-trap. 
The Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Yusuf Salami, both vehicles were travelling to Lagos.
He said that the accident was caused by impatience, overspeeding and struggle for the right of the way. The commander disclosed that all affected persons were adults. He said: “A Peugeot J5 with number plate XS 626 LSV and a DAF articulated vehicle with number plate AA 902 MML, crashed as both drivers were struggling for the right of the way.

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