Two persons died on the spot on Monday, while four others sustained varying degrees of injury in an auto crash on the Lagos-Badagry expressway.
Williams Manga, unit commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Badagry, told reporters that the accident occurred at about 5:46 a.m. at the Ibereko section of the expressway.
“Our personnel were alerted about the accident around 6:12 a.m., and we got to the scene at exactly 6:20 a.m.
“The Toyota Camry with dealer registration number 01-6897DLA and seven passengers—four male and three female—was coming from a popular hotel when the accident occurred.
“The vehicle somersaulted many times on the old Badagry expressway to the other side, leaving two dead while four sustained varying degrees of injury.
“One of them was not affected by the accident at all,” he said.
He said the likely cause of the accident was excessive speeding.
Mr Manga said the four injured persons were taken to the General Hospital in Badagry for treatment, while the corpses of the two others were deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.
The unit commander said sensitisation programmes were organised for motorists plying the Agbara-Badagry expressway to reduce their speed on the highway.
Olatunde Bakare, the hospital’s medical director, said victims were brought in around 7:30 a.m.
He urged motorists plying the Lagos-Badagry expressway to reduce their speed on the road.
“Accident victims are being brought to the hospital daily,” he added.
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