Eleven people died in a multi-vehicle collision near the Isara Bridge in Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday evening.
In the ensuing inferno, seven other people were injured to varying degrees.
On Sunday, Mr. Ahmed Umar, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) sector commander in Ogun, confirmed the deaths in Abeokuta.
According to Umar, excessive speed led to the accident at 10:35 p.m. Accident involving two Mazda buses and a car.
The burned-out cars and the dead are no longer identifiable, he continued.
Six of the seven injured were taken to the local Ogere Hospital for treatment and the seventh was taken to Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan, also in Ogun, for treatment.
“Motorists are advised to drive carefully, obey traffic rules and regulations and also cooperate with traffic managers,” he warned.
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