At least 10 persons, including three children and seven adults, lost their lives in an accident at the Abule Osun area of the Lagos-Badagary Expressway, Lagos State, on Tuesday night.
Three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident that occurred around 11 pm. According to a statement yesterday, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the accident occurred when a Siena vehicle loaded to capacity rammed into a stationary truck along the road.
He disclosed that the investigation revealed that the Siena vehicle was on top speed without taking cognisance of the granite-laden truck, which had taken half of the road.
“Further investigations revealed that the truck, which was laden with granite, was parked on the road, shutting down about half of the carriageway, while the Toyota Sienna on top speed, unknowingly crashed into the parked truck from behind.
“Ten people lost their lives to the unfortunate incident, while three were critically injured. The dead passengers include three male adults, four female adults, two female children and one male child.”
He added that the injured persons were rescued by officials of the FRSC before the arrival of the LASEMA team, while the deceased would be handed to the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit for necessary action.