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Black Sunday: 12 die on Sagamu/Abeokuta Expressway Accident


Abeokuta – Twelve persons were confirmed dead on Sunday in an accident involving  a black KIA CERATO Car on high speed ,suffered a burst tyre and the driver was suspected to have applied break suddenly, along the , ABEOKUTA -SAGAMU road around  Shiun , which led to him loosing control of the speeding car that left it's lane ,climbing the road divider and raced to  the opposite direction where the car collided with a passenger bus, a grey coloured TOYOTA SPORTS SPACE BUS , that was traveling from Abeokuta towards Sagamu.

The unfortunate crash killed all the occupants of the two ill fated vehicles . The suspected cause of the crash is  tyre burst and  speeding, The details of the two  vehicles involved are  LSR334FF=TOYOTA SPORTS SPACE VAN=, ASH and the second vehicle is  with REG Number =KJA 806 BT, KIA CERATO, BLACK.


The people involved were -12(5Male adult,6Female Adult, CHILD 1)= no injured no nil, killed-12= Actions taken= dead victims were taken to OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL (OOUTH) MORTUARY, SAGAMU.
The wreckage of the crashed vehicles have been cleared off  the road, and traffic restored.

According to the FRSC Ogun State Sector Commander Corps Commander Clement Oladele, while commiserating with the families of the dead victims of the crash ,informed members of the public whose family members travelled within the period to contact the FRSC Command Abeokuta or Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital,Sagamu for identification of the victims .

The Sector Commander also advised motorists to ensure that their vehicles are in good condition, including driving with good tyres and avoid excessive speed.

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