No fewer than 20 people died in road accidents between Saturday and Sunday.
While five people died in a road accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday, the one that occurred along Gujungu-Gumel Road in Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa on Saturday claimed 15 lives.
Speaking on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident, Mr Clement Oladele, Ogun sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, disclosed that the accident occurred at Wazobia, at about 9.00 a.m.
He said no fewer than 13 people were injured.
Oladele said that two vehicles and eighteen persons were involved in the accident that resulted in the death of five persons.
The sector commander explained that a commercial bus with registration number MGD 129 ZF coming from Ibadan to Lagos, lost control and veered off the road and collided with a trailer with registration number DDA 121 XA that was parked by the road side.
“The corpses of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary in Ipara General Hospital, while the survivors are also receiving treatment at Sagamu and Victory Hospital, Ogere,’’ he said.
Oladele said that the driver of the commercial bus absconded immediately after the accident occurred.
In the Jigawa State accident which claimed 15 lives, SP Abdu Jinjiri, the spokesman of the state Police Command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday that the accident occurred on Saturday around 7:30 p.m.
Jinjiri said that the Sharon vehicle which was supposed to carry seven passengers, was overloaded with 14 people.
“A seven passengers-capacity vehicle overloaded with 14 passengers rammed into a truck coming from the opposite direction on Gujungu-Gumel Road.
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“As a result, nine of the passengers died on the spot, while the rest were rushed to Gumel General Hospital, in Gumel local government area.
“Nine males including the driver of the Sharon bus, four females and two children died in the accident.
“It was possible the driver of the overloaded vehicle was on high speed and could not control it, anyway, only investigation will reveal the real cause of the accident,” Jinjiri said.
He said that the driver of the truck aged 22, was under the police custody as investigation was ongoing.
The police spokesman cautioned motorists against over speeding under whatever circumstances.
Unofficial sources said the overloaded bus was heading to Daura local government area in Katsina State.
Nine persons including a pregnant woman were killed in a ghastly auto crash on December 17, in Jahun local government area of the state.
(NAN)
