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19 People Involved In Auto Crash Along Abeokuta-Ibadan Road | Jehu's Blog
Five persons have been reported dead and 14 others injured in an accident involving two vehicles at Odeda town, along Abeokuta-Ibadan Expressway. Clement Oladele, the Sector Commandant of the Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to the commandant, the accident happened at about 9.20 p.m. on Friday. Oladele explained that a MADZA bus with registration number MUS 367 XU conveying passengers from Ibadan to Abeokuta lost control due to dangerous driving and had a collision with a truck. He added that the truck with no registration number crushed the passengers inside the commuter bus and trapped them inside the bus. The sector commandant said that 19 persons were involved in the accident that resulted to the death of five persons died, while 14 others sustained various degrees of injury. “The corpses of the victims had been deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital, Ijaye, Ogun, while the survivors were also receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun.” he said. Oladele said that the obstruction had been cleared off the expressway to prevent further disaster. The FRSC boss, however, commiserated with the families of the …