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Three women killed after vehicle plunges from Lagos-Ibadan Expressway bridge

From The Punch · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Three women were killed and 10 people injured when one of three vehicles involved in a crash fell from the Long Bridge near Mikano.
  • Traffic and emergency agencies rescued injured passengers, took victims to hospitals and moved the vehicles to a police station for investigation.

Three women died and 10 people were injured after a vehicle plunged from the Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and landed in a ditch.

The crash occurred around 5:24 p.m. near Mikano, in the direction of Lagos, and involved a white Toyota bus, a Toyota Corolla and a white Mazda bus. Sixteen people were involved, including 12 men and four women.

16 people were involved. 10 people were injured and three female adults died.

· Babatunde AkinbiyiThe Ogun State traffic agency spokesperson gave the casualty figures in a statement.

Babatunde Akinbiyi, spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, said eyewitnesses blamed excessive speed and loss of control for the vehicle overturning into the ditch. Rescue teams from TRACE, the Federal Road Safety Corps, police and the Ogun State Ambulance and Emergency Service responded.

According to eyewitness accounts, excessive speeding and loss of control caused the vehicle to somersault into the ditch.

· Babatunde AkinbiyiHe described the reported circumstances of the crash.

Six injured passengers were taken to Lagos State Accident and Emergency Service. Another injured passenger and a person presumed dead were transported by an FRSC ambulance. Two of the deceased were placed in the morgue at General Hospital, Ifo, while another presumed dead victim was taken to Idera Hospital in Sagamu. Other injured passengers were taken to A.Z. Hospital.

Authorities recovered the vehicle from the ditch and moved it, along with the other vehicles, to Warewa Police Station for further investigation. The evacuation disrupted traffic, but flow returned to normal afterward.

The accidental vehicle had been recovered from the ditch and moved to Warewa Police Station with other vehicles involved for further investigation.

· Babatunde AkinbiyiHe said authorities had recovered the vehicle and preserved the vehicles for investigation.
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