It has been confirmed that at least 10 lives were lost after a truck and bus collided in Ogun state.
An accident scene (File photo)
Ten passengers were confirmed dead in an accident when a commercial bus collided with a truck on the Abeokuta/Ibadan Road in Ogun State on Tuesday night.
The Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abeokuta.
Akinbiyi said that the truck driver only sustained injury in the accident.
He told NAN that the incident occurred around 8p.m on Tuesday, adding that speeding and negligence on the part of the truck driver caused the accident.
“The truck with registration number BDG 7I4 XE was coming from Ibadan inward Abeokuta, while the Toyota Liteace marked EKY I85 XH was travelling to Ibadan outward Abeokuta.
“Due to speed and negligence on the part of the truck driver, it had a head on collision with the bus, leading to the accident that claimed the lives of all the passengers in the bus.
“Eleven people were involved in the crash; two females and eight males died in the accident, while the driver of the truck was the only one injured,” Akinbiyi said.
The TRACE spokesman said that the corpses of the victims had been deposited at the Adeoyo Hospital morgue in Ibadan, while the injured was receiving treatment in the same hospital.