Five persons were confirmed dead and eight others in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday.
The spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mrs. Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta.
She said a Mazda bus and a Mercedes Benz truck were involved in the accident.
Okpe said: “A total of 15 people – eight men and seven women – were involved in the accident.
“Eight people were injured from the crash while five persons died.