Eight persons died while 12 others were injured in an accident involving seven vehicles late night on Wednesday around Danco and Berger axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Agency, Tunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the crash, said it involved three trucks and four cars. He said the tragedy happened due to speeding.

He said the container of the hook of the truck fell on two buses, while other vehicles rammed into one another.

“From investigations, it was learnt that the unfortunate fatal crash was caused by the overspeeding, reckless driving and loss of control on the part of one of vehicles involved which led to a container falling off from its hook on two buses and other vehicles ramming into each other in the process, in an attempt to escape from the scene,” he said.

He gave details of the vehicles as include: LSR 560 XJ, Toyota bus white; XD 792 EZA Masda bus; ABC 512 ZV, Ash, Toyota Sienna; APP 196 RQ gold, Toyota Camry; DED 776 XA red, Iveco Tipper; APP 248 XT white, Daf Tipper and LND 04 XX.

Mr Akinbiyi also said the corpses and five of the injured victims were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) while seven injured victims taken to FAMOBIS Hospital Lotto.

“The crash scene has been cordoned off, on the inbound lane of the expressway. The motoring public are advised to drive cautiously along the diversion route created by Julius Berger and avoid speeding beyond 50kmph on the stretch,” he said.

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Don't think there are no beasts just because the forest is silent. Because evil doesn't encounter in your premises doesnt mean others are not experiencing evil. Give thanks for life always. May their soul rest in perfect peace

God please keep protecting us .The rate at which human life is wasting in this country is too much .Fulani will kill ,bad road will kill , fake doctors will kill ,police and SARS will kill ,Boko harama will kill ,container will kill ,and our leader will acting as if all is well . When you see another day in this country believe me you have enjoyed undiluted grace of GOD

Why it's so hard to get things right in the country has left me totally confused. What rocket science is required to put forth a blueprint of infrastructure development and enforcement of its details. Why in a modern time will containers be transported often through roads.

Some useful idiots below will yet another day defend this madness. Sad!

Richdad

Hmmm

Jesu mi mo!

So sad. I dey always dread those containers. R I.P to the dead. This kind death dey pain pesin. Those victims weren't sick or nothing. Just unfortunate victims of a freak accident.

No safety measures

Jesu

too bad

no nigerian deserves to go to hell after death. we have been in hell all along

God airpus oh

LAGOS will sink ONE DAY
DEATH means Nothing to a NIGERIAN any more.
It is how the PERSON DIED and the kind of BURIAL that will follow that matter.

When would they enforce the proper latching of these containers?!

containers and trailers should be given a time to move and not move. say 11pm to 5 am

I passed the accident scene this morning. It was really terrible.

kikake:

Container falling off of trailer and onto passenger vehicle.

Hard to see in other worlds.
Only in Nigeria.
A country whose leaders can't look upon how other countries do their things, and put their own country in order.

Where are the vios? Who licensed the driver?

Rip; unfortunate to be Nigerian.

That is the price of our corruption, VIO and respective agencies are looking for who to extort without doing their work.
Yet our pastors are openly preaching in it favour, we don't even want to do without it and we are all beneficiaries of corruption and a victim as well.
May God help us.

APOPTOSIS:
LAGOS will sink ONE DAY

Would you be sinking it Unku?

kittykollinxx:
Don't think there are no beasts just because the forest is silent. Because evil doesn't encounter in your premises doesnt mean others are not experiencing evil. Give thanks for life always. May their soul rest in perfect peace

True talk, everyday, every hour, every minutes and every seconds, good things and bad things are happening to people. Only the affected knows, if u are affected by good things of life, don't think u are better, time and chance happeneth to you, just give thanks, don't look down on others and pray time and chance of evil did not catch up with you.

Container falling off of trailer and onto passenger vehicle.

Hard to see in other worlds.
Only in Nigeria.
A country whose leaders can't look upon how other countries do their things, and put their own country in order.

Where are the vios? Who licensed the driver?

Rip; unfortunate to be Nigerian.

May God continue to protect us all

I don't even know what to type.

These are probable outcome where an Elephant is allowed to roam freely on paths earmarked for an Ant.

RIP TO DEPARTED SOUL. BUT DANCO FILLING STATION HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Those haulage companies are bunch of greedy morrafvckers with their rickety trailers used for transporting containers.....innocent life losts,no compensation paid,nobody or company sued and this rubbish continues likes a vicious cycle.....

fvck, this country sef!!!!! We are just time and space off from being hit by a stray bullet,container falling over,a fuel tanker with a failed brake exploding......Our lives are not guaranteed just like a walking corpse we are.....Naija,which way!!!!!

God have mercy, na wa o

Saw this yesterday

im beginning to think Nigeria is cursed .

Is it not a shame that in Nigeria horrible and embarrassing avoidable accident lime this still happened

What can we get right in this country as a nation The damn road safety officials who primarily their is to ensure safety driving has dugressed to bribe taken, focus now on irrelevant traffic stuffs to the point of seeking to carrying guns.

The police are useless. VIO are idiots. All roads death trap. Govt fill with fake projects. Pls is this country cursed??.