No fewer than nine persons have lost their lives and three were injured in a fatal automobile crash that occured around Ayetoro on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday.

New Telegraph gathered that, the accident which reportedly occurred at about 5:30 am involve a Toyota bus with number plate UYY165ZY and a truck with registration number DKA244XC.

Confirming the incident, the Spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe said the bus driver was said to have lost control and rammed into the stationary truck.

The injured victims were taken to Famobis Hospital, Mowe, while the deceased were deposited at Idera morgue Sagamu.

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Meanwhile, the Sector Commander is said to have been pained over the recklessness of some drivers for not observing the stipulated speed limit and refusing to obey the 15-minute rest after 4 hrs journey.

He sympathised with the family of the crash victims and enjoined them to contact Mowe unit Command for more information about the crash.

Okpe explained, “The fatal crash occurred in the early hours this morning about 0530HRS  on Lagos-Ibadan expressway around Ayetoro area.

“A total of 13 people were involved which comprised of 10 male adults and 03 female adults and 09 were recorded killed (06 male and 03 female) while 03 were injured.

“The suspected causes of the fatal crash were excessive speed and fatigue which led to loss of control and the driver rammed into a station truck.