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One person died while seven others sustained injuries on Wednesday on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in a lone accident involving a truck carrying livestock and passengers.
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Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident to newsmen in Abeokuta.
Okpe blamed the early morning accident on over-speeding and tyre burst, which led to loss of control of the vehicle by the driver.
She said those injured were taken to a hospital at Ogere in Ogun, while family members of the deceased took the corpse away.
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She added that traffic had been diverted to an alternative route so the truck could be removed from the accident scene.
Okpe also told newsmen that a kerosene tanker fell on “Long Bridge’’ on the same expressway, also on Wednesday, but no death or injury was recorded.
“Another tanker has been called to trans-load the kerosene the fallen truck was carrying and the area is corned off to avoid a possible secondary crash,” she said.
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