No fewer than 24 persons lost their lives
on Monday in Edo and Oyo states following
road crashes.
The Edo accident, which occurred at Okada,
killed 18 persons, while six persons died
on Kilometre 114, Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway.
Among the dead in Edo were two children
and a truck attendant.
One of our correspondents gathered that
the accident involved a Mark truck laden
with gravel and a commercial Toyota bus
belonging to Peace Mass Transit Company
Limited. The bus was headed for Lagos.
The Edo State Sector Commander of the
Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Kenneth
Nwaegbe, confirmed the casualty figure on
the telephone.
He, however, noted that two of the
survivors of the accident were taken to a
hospital for treatment.
Nwaegbe said, "What happened was that
the truck carrying gravel was coming from
Ore to Benin when it lost one of its tyres
and lost control. The Toyota bus was
coming from Benin to Lagos when the two
collided."
Meanwhile, the accident on the Lagos-
Ibadan Expressway involved a 14-seater
commercial Mazda bus marked OYO XE 675
LUY and a Mack truck with number plate
LAGOS XX 455 GGE.
Eyewitnesses said the crash happened
when the bus veered off the road and hit a
stationary truck.
The six victims (four males and two
females), were said to have died on the
spot.
The Assistant Corps Commander, Federal
Road Safety Commission, Oluyole Unit 1,
Sanya Adeoye, said, "The unit in
conjunction with the rescue team of the
state ambulance service and team of
Operation Burst were around to rescue the
victims".
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