The accident, which occurred on Sunday afternoon at the Fidiwo – Ajebo(Ogun state) stretch of the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway, left the passengers and driver of the commercial bus dead at the spot following the collision impact.
The affected vehicles are a truck marked AJG 40 XA, fuel tanker truck with registration number RAN 571 XA and a passenger bus marked (LAGOS) AGL 373 XR.
It was learnt that the incident occurred when the driver of the fuel laden truck moving in the direction of Ibadan, Oyo state, attempted to overtake another truck at a road diversion point but lost control of the wheels, veered off and crashed into the passenger bus coming in the opposite direction.
It was gathered that at 2:30pm, Operatives of the TRACE, Nigeria Police and the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), are still working to pull victims out of the mangled body of the passenger bus.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun state Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Tunde Akinbiyi, told reporters that 18 passengers in the bus and its driver died on the spot.
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