Get Guardian on GoogleA luxurious bus carrying 11 children has rammed into a truck along Carpark C U-Turn axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State, killing the driver instantly.
18 people also sustained varying degrees of injury from the accident.
Involved in the crash was a Scania loaded truck with registration number KSF 491 YD and a Mercedes-Benz (Marcopolo High Capacity Bus) luxurious bus.
Spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta over the weekend.
Akinbiyi said that 68 occupants (35 male, 22 female), including 11 children, were involved in the auto crash, which left the driver dead and 18 ( 10 male and eight female) others injured.
He said that the driver of the Marcopolo Bus lost control of the vehicle due to excessive speed and rammed into the Scania truck.
The TRACE PRO stated that it took the combined efforts of the police, TRACE, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and Amotekun officers to rescue the victims and bring the situation under control.
