At least five people have reportedly died in a multiple accidents that occured before Foursquare Camp, on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, on Sunday morning.
This was made known in a statement by the Public Education Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps Public, Ogun State Command, Florence Okpe, saying it happened at about 6.15am.
Reports revealed that a total of 21 people, all male adults, were involved in the accidents, leaving 12 persons injured, five dead and remaining unhurt.
A total of three vehicles, a DAF truck marked KMC 810ZB; Toyota Bus with registration number TMA 244 XA and a Mitsubishi bus with no registration number on it.
Okpe disclosed that the suspected causes of the crashes was as a result of excessive speeding; tyre burst and loss of control on the part of the truck driver which made other vehicles rammed into it.
The FRSC Sector Commander, Anthony Uga, there admonished motorists to shun the use of sub- standard tyres and also apply common sense speed limits especially in this rainy season.
