Three crushed to death by falling container on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

• She attributed the accident to dangerous driving.
• Okpe further said that their remains had been deposited at the Idera morgue, Sagamu

At least three travellers lost their lives in an accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday.

The accident, which happened around the Mowe area of the busy highway, involved two vehicles (trucks) with registration number T-15636LA Bluebird and a HowoTruck.

Spokesperson of the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Florence Okpe, gave the details of the mishap in a statement on Saturdaym

She attributed the accident to dangerous driving.

According to her, the FRSC rescue team tried to save the lives of the driver and two passengers, but the trio could not make it due to the impact of the injury.

Okpe further said that their remains had been deposited at the Idera morgue, Sagamu.

“The FRSC operatives at Mowe carried out a rescue operation at about 0107 hours on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway around Mowe, involving two vehicles (trucks) with registration number T-15636LA Bluebird and a HowoTruck with no number on it.

“Three persons were involved, all male adults, and they were all killed by the container that fell and rested on the occupants of the HOWO truck. The suspected cause of the crash was dangerous driving and loss of control,” she added