Seven dead, 11 injured as speeding tipper rams a loaded bus on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway

Seven more deaths on Nigeria's busiest highway, in the afternoon, on camera — and the cause, per the authorities, is the same one every time: a speeding truck.

Seven people were killed and 11 injured when a Sinotruck tipper travelling at excessive speed rammed into a fully loaded white Toyota bus at the Conoil axis of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, inbound Lagos, at about 3:08 p.m. on Thursday, 12 November.

The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) confirmed the figures in a statement by its spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi: the seven dead comprised two males and five females; the 11 injured comprised five males and six females. Twenty people were involved in total.

The bus (registration APP 733 YN, 18-seater) had passengers trapped inside. The injured were taken to General Hospital, Ishara; the bodies were deposited at the morgue of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

TRACE, the police and the FRSC attended the scene; the vehicles were evacuated and traffic restored. TRACE again cautioned motorists, particularly truck drivers, against excessive speed and reckless driving on the expressway.

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