Five people have been confirmed dead in multiple collision involving seven vehicles at Soka area of the Ibadan-Lagos expressway on Tuesday.
An anonymous eyewitness said that an articulated truck was attempting to reverse from an abandoned filling station along the expressway when it collided with another articulated truck, moving at its rear.
The witness noted that the impact triggered a pile-up collision with another truck, two private cars and the two taxis.
Three articulated trucks, two private cars and two Nissan Micra taxis involved in the multiple crash were seriously damaged due to the impact of the collision, the Oyo Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo Sector Command said.
The Command’s spokesperson, Mayowa Odewo, said the victims included a male child, one male and three female adults.
According to him, a corpse was handed over to the relative with the permission of the police, while the remaining four had been deposited at the Adeoyo State Hospital mortuary.
