Three dead in Abeokuta-Sagamu highway accident

Three people were killed while 10 others were injured in an accident involving a Mazda bus in the Onipepeye area on the Abeokuta-Sagamu highway on Sunday.

Ahmed Umar, FRSC sector commander in Ogun, confirmed the accident to reporters in Abeokuta.

He blamed the crash on speeding as the driver of the bus, marked APP 297 YC, lost control on a bend and somersaulted.

He added that 15 people were involved in the accident, including four men, nine women, a boy and a girl, adding that 10 people were injured while two men and a woman died.

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Mr. Umar said the injured were taken to Ijaiye Government Hospital, Abeokuta, while the deceased were deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.

The sector commander sympathized with the families of the crash victims and advised motorists to avoid speeding.

(NAN)

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