A commercial bus driver and his motor boy lost their lives on Tuesday in an accident that occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after the driver dozed off and rammed into a stationary truck.
The incident happened around Saapade, in the Remo-North Local Government Area of the state, while heading to Lagos, at about 6:30 am on Tuesday.
The spokesman of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi said that a Howo truck marked EKY 65 XF and a J5 bus with no registration number were involved in the crash.
Akinbiyi, who blamed the crash on speeding and wrongful overtaking on the part of the J5 bus, said two passengers died out of four.
He added that two others were rescued unharmed.
He said: “The presumed dead were taken to FOS morgue, Ipara by the owner of the morgue with his ambulance.
“According to an eyewitness account, a Howo truck with reg no EKY 65 XF, loaded with Flour Mills products, developed a mechanical problem while on transit and had to be parked off the road to be attended to.
“However, in the course of attending to the vehicle, the J5 bus, which was also loaded with tomatoes, peppers, and the like, and was also transiting inbound Lagos, at the Saapade axis, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, rammed into the Howo truck from behind, due to speed and dozing while on wheels, killing the driver and the motor-boy instantly due to the impact of the collision.
“The bodies of the dead victims (the driver and motor-boy of the J5 bus) have been deposited at FOS Morgue, Ipara-Remo, while further investigation into the unfortunate but avoidable incident is being carried out by the Isara Divisional Police Command”.
While commiserating with the families of the deceased, TRACE advised drivers to avoid speeding, to take adequate rest before embarking on a journey, and to avoid driving when visibility is poor.
