August 13, (THEWILL) – The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has confirmed 16 people dead and 17 injured in an early morning multiple road mishap at the Agbowo end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday.
The accident, which occurred in the Agbowo/Ajao area of Ibadan, Oyo State, involved a truck loaded with roofing sheets, an 18-seater passenger Hummer bus, MUB 20LG, Micra taxi, BDJ 520YC, and a Honda CR-V SUV, KRD 707 ER.
An eyewitness said the roofing sheet-loaded truck with registration number AKM 548 ZY rammed into the four other vehicles.
According to the FRSC, “35 persons were involved in the ghastly accident, out of which 16 died on the spot, while the injured ones are recuperating at Amdalat Hospital, Agbowo, in Ibadan North Local Government Area. The remains of the deceased, as reliably gathered, have been deposited at the mortuary of the State Hospital.”
It blamed the incident on a brake failure and the ongoing construction works on the highway.
