Not fewer than 25 people were feared dead this morning along Ojo-Iwo Road of Ibadan -Lagos express way when a trailer loaded with roofing sheets collided with 18 seaters hummer bus, a Micra taxi and Honda CR-V car precisely at Agbowo/Ajao area.

Some of the motorists that witnessed the accident our Correspondent that the trailer lost its break and rammed into the 3 vehicles involved plying the same 2-way traffic.

Narrating the accident, Mr. Emmanuel Omotoso and Mrs Funmi Adejumo said the ongoing construction of the Lagos -Ibadan express way that has been stopped caused the accident as the other lane of the expressway was blocked.

It took the efforts of private heavy towing vehicles that the trapped vehicles were removed and rescued victims while some of the passengers have been rushed to hospital for medical attention.

However, the motorists appealed to Oyo State government to purchase heavy towing vehicles and ambulance buses for rescue operation in case of emergency situation like it happened this morning.

As at time of filing this report, heavy traffic is at along Ojo-Iwo Road and officials of Federal Road Safety Corps are expected to joint men of Nigeria Police Force, NSCDC and Oyo State Road Traffic Management Agency to ease logjam currently experiencing there.

The motorists therefore called on the contractor handling the road construction to open up the other lane that was blocked to prevent future occurrence of accident that claims many lives every day on Ojo-Iwo Road expressway.

News By: https://dforum.com.ng/web/road-accident-claims-25-lives-in-ibadan/

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