On Sunday, at least nine people, three women and six men, narrowly missed death when their automobiles crashed along the Orile-Imo portion of the Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway.
The vehicles including a Toyota car and a Mitsubishi bus, were on a high speed when they collided which led to the Mitsubishi bus tumbling and the Toyota car skidding off the highway.
An eyewitness who talked with reporters on the condition of anonymity stated that the crash was caused by the drivers’ excessive speed.
“What I saw was that the vehicles were travelling at high speeds when one lost control and collided with the other,” the insider claimed. “I arrived a few minutes after it occurred.”
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident to our correspondent on a telephone chat.
She blamed excessive speeding on the part of the drivers as the cause of the accident.
“I can confirm the accident happened along the Orile-Imo section of the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway. There was no loss of life, although nine people were involved, six males and three females, but the three females got injured and they have been taken to the Idera Hospital in Sagamu.
“The accident involved a Toyota car and a Mitsubishi bus. The cause of the accident is dangerous driving and speeding.
“We have continued to emphasise on the need for common-sense driving among drivers. There is high vehicular movement this Yuletide season and there will be a lot of vehicles on the road. Drivers should ensure to drive within regulated speed limit,” Okpe said.