One person has been confirmed dead while two others sustained injuries in a road crash that occurred on Saturday evening along the Sagamu–Benin Expressway in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta.
According to Akinbiyi, the crash occurred around 5:20 p.m. near the Ijebu-Ode Express Trailer Park and involved a containerised truck with registration number KTU 357 XX and a white bus marked DGB 650 XA.
Preliminary investigation, he said, revealed that excessive speeding by the bus driver was the major cause of the accident.
“Eyewitnesses said the bus driver, while driving at high speed, lost control and rammed into the stationary truck from the rear as the truck was about to navigate the expressway from the trailer park,” Akinbiyi stated.
He explained that there were five occupants in both vehicles — two in the truck and three in the bus. The bus driver reportedly died on the spot, while two passengers sustained minor injuries.
TRACE officials, in collaboration with personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), evacuated the deceased to the General Hospital Mortuary in Ijebu-Ode, while the injured victims were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Akinbiyi further said that TRACE operatives, working alongside the FRSC and the police, ensured effective traffic control and swift removal of the wreckage to restore the free flow of vehicles on the busy highway.
“Although traffic was initially disrupted, TRACE operatives professionally managed the situation, restoring normal vehicular movement shortly after the evacuation,” he added.
Both vehicles, according to the statement, have been impounded at the Ijebu-Ode Police Area Command, Igbeba, pending further investigation.
