10 persons have died following an accident involving a commercial bus on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday.
Six other persons were reportedly injured in the accident.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Oyo State, Joshua Adekanye, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan.
Adekanye said the accident
had happened around 6.30 am on Tuesday around the Guru Mahajji area, involving a commercial bus with registration number TRK 135 ZY and a hit-and-run truck carrying a container.
He said the commercial bus, which was traveling overnight from Malumfashi, Katsina State, suddenly came across the truck carrying a container that was driving against traffic.
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According to him, in a bid to avoid the truck, the bus hit the container and fell into a ditch resulting in the death of 10 persons and six others injured, while the truck run away.
He said the total number of people involved in the accident was 18 which comprises 17 male adults and a male child.
“The people killed in the accident are 10 male adults. People injured are six, including five male adults and one male child, while two adult males were unhurt,” he said.
The injured persons have been taken to Ibadan Central Hospital for medical attention while the dead persons were taken to Adeoyo Hospital morgue.
