The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) has disclosed that about 32 persons were saved from death following the collisions of nine vehicles along the Danco area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday.
TRACE Commandant, Seni Ogunyemi, in a traffic update on Monday, said the accident occurred due to excessive speeding and loss of control on the part of one of the drivers which resulted in multiple collisions with other vehicles.
The TRACE boss noted that 32 persons were involved in the accident including 20 adult males and 12 adult females.
According to the traffic report, a Scania truck loaded with perishable items had fallen on the expressway after losing control due to speeding and thereby obstructing a section of the highway.
Ogunyemi said another driver who was not driving with caution had rammed into the fallen truck from the rear thereby leading to collisions with other vehicles.
He said, “According to an eyewitness, excessive speed, loss of control by the driver of the Scania truck loaded with perishable goods and fell on the road. Also, excessive speed, and impatient by the Sino truck driver loaded with granites hit the Sienna from the rear which affected the other mentioned vehicles.”
He identified the vehicles Involved as “a Ford jeep (KTU 980 FP), a Nissan jeep (GGE 440XP), a Sienna (AAA 609 LA), a Toyota Highlander (WDE 831AAA), and a Mazda bus (GNN 860 XB).
“Others are Toyota bus (SMK 860 FK), Sinotruck(JBD 51 XB), Scania truck (T.22058LA), and Toyota Camry (SRA 669 BL).”
Ogunyemi, who noted that nobody was injured or killed in the crash, stressed that traffic was affected along the axis.
He said, “Traffic was seriously affected, and normalcy was later restored with the efforts of TRACE operatives and Sagamu police division.”
