THE FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORPS (FRSC) HAS CONFIRMED THE DEATH OF THREE PERSONS IN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS AT MILE 12, OGERE, ON THE LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE OGUN FRSC SECTOR COMMANDER AHMED UMAR, SAID THE ACCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED AROUND 3 A.M., INVOLVED AN UNREGISTERED TRUCK, A REGISTERED TRUCK, AND A NISSAN MICRA CAR.
UMAR SAYS THE ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY SPEEDING AND DANGEROUS DRIVING, AS ONE DRIVER WAS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A BEND WHEN THE OTHER TRUCK WHICH WAS COMING FROM IBADAN, RAMMED INTO IT.
THE DRIVER OF THE MICRA CAR RAN INTO THE ACCIDENT, BUT THE VEHICLE SUFFERED LITTLE DAMAGE.
HE SAID SEVEN PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT, INCLUDING ONE WOMAN AND SIX MEN, SAYING THE REMAINS OF THE DECEASED HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED AT THE FOS MORGUE, IPARA.