Israel Adeleke
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, on Sunday, confirmed a fatal motor accident that claimed the lives of 18 partygoers at Age-Mowo, close to Mowo, along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
The spokesman for the state’s traffic management body, Taofiq Adebayo, disclosed this on Sunday .
PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the passengers chartered a bus from the Yaba area of Lagos to attend a group party in the Republic of Benin.
But, while on the road, around 9 am, the accident occurred and claimed the lives of all the passengers onboard.
The driver of the bus and his motor boy also died in the tragic accident.
Adebayo explained ” the accident involved a Mazda commercial bus with passengers and a truck loaded with sand,”
“The driver of the commercial bus lost control when he saw a truck ahead of him while trying to overtake the tipper truck loaded with sand.
“Immediately, 20 people died including the 18 passengers alongside the commercial bus driver and his motor boy.”
Adebayo said the remains of the victims have been taken to the Badagry General Hospital morgue.
The traffic authority however, sent its condolences to the family of those that died during the accident.
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