Ogun: 10 killed, three injured in road crash

Scene of the accident

No fewer than 10 people lost their lives while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred along the Ijebu-Ode-Ibadan Expressway on Friday night.

PUNCH Online learnt that the accident occurred when a vehicle conveying the 15 occupants plunged from the Omu bridge located at the Awa Ijebu axis of the expressway.

Our correspondent learnt from a source in the area, who identified as TMC on Saturday, that the vehicle was speeding when it lost control and plunged into the river beneath the bridge.

Videos of the incident shared with our correspondent showed some of the passengers lying lifeless while sympathisers made efforts to recover other passengers from the vehicle that had become stuck in the river. Punch