Bus Rams Into Truck In Ogun State, Kills Two

A total of two persons 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 a.m. on Tuesday.

The spokesman of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident.

He disclosed that a Howo truck marked EKY 65 XF and a J5 bus with no registration number were involved in the crash.

Akinbiyi blamed the crash on speeding and wrongful overtaking on the part of the J5 bus.

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”.