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No less than eight persons have been reported dead in a multiple accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday.

The accident, which involved 43 persons and seven vehicles, occurred at about 7:56pm around Danco filling station on the expressway.

Clement Oladele, sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Thursday.

He said the accident involved a Toyota bus marked LSR 560 XJ, Mazda bus marked XD 792 EZA, Toyota Sienna marked ABC 512 ZV, and Toyota Camry marked APP 196 RQ.

Other vehicles are an Iveco tanker with registration number DED 776 XA, Daf tanker marked APP 248 XT, and Daf container with registration number LND 04 XX.

Oladele said the accident was caused by excessive speeding, reckless driving and loss of control on the part of one of the vehicles.

“From investigations, it was learnt that the unfortunate fatal crash was caused by speeding, reckless driving and loss of control on the part of one of the vehicles which led to a container fallen off from its hook on two buses,” he said.

“Other vehicles rammed into each other in the process, in an attempt to escape from the scene.

“The accident involved 43 persons, 12 persons which included five female and seven male were injured while eight persons which included one female, six male and a child died in the accident.”

He said the corpses of the deceased were deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital mortuary, Sagamu, while the injured persons were taken to the institution’s teaching hospital.

The FRSC boss cautioned motorists to observe the maximum speed of 50km per hour in compliance with the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2004.