By Olayinka Olukoya
No fewer than seven people died in an autocrash that occurred, on Monday afternoon, at the Iperu junction on the Sagamu-Benin expressway.
Tribune Online gathered that about 17 passengers were injured in the accident involving a Toyota Hummer bus with registration number LAGOS BDG 789 XJ and a Mazda bus marked ONDO REE 248 XA, at about 2.50 p.m.
It was learnt that passengers in the Hummer bus were returning from Yuletide celebrations from the eastern part of the country.
Eyewitness told journalists that the driver of the Hummer bus veered of its lane having lost control of his vehicle and rammed into the Madza bus which was traveling on the opposite side.
The incident was confirmed by the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mr. Adegoke Adetunji.
Adetunji said 28 people were involved in the accident.
He attributed the accident to excessive speeding on the part of the Hummer bus driver, adding that bodies of those who died had been deposited at the mortuary of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu.
The Sector Commander also said that those who sustained injuries and in critical conditions were taken to the same hospital for medical attention.
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