The accident, involving a Mazda bus and a motorcycle, took place at about 9:30 am on Tuesday, April 21, around the new Kara Market on the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway.
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Tuesday, April 21.
He said that the accident was caused by reckless driving and wrongful overtaking on the part of the driver of the Mazda bus.
The bus driver hit the motorcyle, then the bus lost control and rammed into a moving trailer from the rear.
Eighteen passengers – 13 males and five females – were on the bus when the accident occurred.
Six people were injured while two men, one from the bus and another from the motorcycle died in the accident.
The injured victims were taken to a hospital while the bodies of the deceased were deposited at the State Hospital’s mortuary in Isara Remo.
