By Christian George
A bus driver along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway who was said to have dozed off while driving rammed into a truck, killing himself and the conductor.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday around Saapade, inbound Lagos.
According to a report by Daily Post, the spokesman of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed that a Howo truck, marked EKY 65 XF and a J5 bus with no registration number were involved in the crash.
The corps spokesperson explained that the crash was an aftermath of overspeeding and wrongful overtaking on the part of the bus.
He affirmed that out of the four people involved in the incident, two died while the other two escaped unhurt.
Akinbiyi said, “The presumed dead were taken to FOS morgue, Ipara, by the owner of the morgue with his ambulance,” adding that the truck, loaded with Flour Mills products, developed a mechanical problem and had to be parked by the roadside.
“However, in the course of attending to the vehicle, the J5 bus which was loaded with tomatoes, pepper and the like, rammed into the Howo truck from behind due to excessive speed and the driver dozing on wheels. Due to the impact of the collision, the driver and the motor boy were killed instantly,” he added.
