A driver, whose identity has not yet been determined, was reportedly killed, and three passengers hospitalised following a fatal crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday.
Our correspondent learnt that the fatal crash, which occurred around 3:20 p.m. near the Forte Filling Station on the Sagamu stretch of the expressway, left the three passengers with varying degrees of injuries.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Odutola Omolola, confirmed the incident to our correspondent via a WhatsApp message on Wednesday.
Our correspondent learnt that the accident involved a granite-loaded truck with the plate number FKJ760XM and a Toyota with the registration number JJJ926YJ.
The crashed vehicles were said to be travelling towards Lagos from Ibadan when the Toyota driver lost control of the wheel and rammed into the truck.
As a result of the collision, Odutola stated that the Toyota car driver became trapped in the vehicle and was later rushed to a hospital, where doctors on duty confirmed his death.
Odutola said, “After being rescued from where he was trapped, he was taken to Idera Hospital in Sagamu. The doctor later confirmed his death. Two other passengers in the Toyota sustained varying degrees of injuries.”
The body of the deceased, our correspondent learnt, had been placed in the hospital’s morgue.
In a related incident reported in late July, a collision on the Ibafo corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway claimed the lives of two people.
The accident reportedly involved a Peugeot bus with the registration number WRA224XA and an orange DAF truck with the registration number ANC711XA.
In a similar incident last February, five people died and ten others sustained varying degrees of injuries at the NASFAT turning along the same expressway.
