Ten people, including a child, have died while six others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a commercial bus rammed into a truck reported to be reversing on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State on Sunday night.
Punch Newspaper reported that the fatal crash occurred at about 8:05 p.m. at Saapade Bridge along Ibadan-Lagos expressway and involved a white Sinotruk (CNHTC) truck and a white Toyota Hiace commercial bus with registration number EKY 290 YM.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said the accident claimed the lives of nine adult males and one male child, while four adult males and two adult females were injured. Two other male passengers escaped unhurt.
The Ogun State Sector Command of the FRSC attributed the crash to a combination of speeding, wrongful overtaking and dangerous driving, saying preliminary findings indicated that the truck driver triggered the collision after attempting to reverse on the highway.
According to the command’s spokesperson, Afolabi Odunsi, the truck driver reportedly reversed after missing his route, leaving little room for the approaching commercial bus.
