At least 10 people died while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident along the Ijebu-Ode-Ibadan Expressway on Friday night.
The accident occurred when a vehicle conveying passengers fell off the Omu bridge located on the expressway.
The spokesman for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE),Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to journalists on Sunday in Abeokuta.
He said a Mitsubishi bus with the number plate EJ829-LSR was involved in the accident.
Akinbiyi said: “According to eyewitness account, wrongful overtaking while on high speed led to failure of the driver to maintain control after noticing an oncoming vehicle.
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“The bus driver veered into the bush and rammed into a stone base (gravel) already abandoned on the road beside the bridge, which made the vehicle dive into the river entirely.
“15 people were involved, three injured and 10 (three females and seven males) dead. Two people, including a toddler and an adult, escaped unhurt.
.“The bodies of the dead and injured victims have been taken to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital morgue.”
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