Iyare Motors carrying 8 Edo indigenes who just returned from Spain crashed (PHOTOS)

At least eight persons reportedly lost their lives after Iyare Motors crashed to a Mack truck on Tuesday morning.

The accident reportedly occurred around 8:30am at the Wictech stretch of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway about two km away from Danco filling station.

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According to report, the victims believed to be from Edo State origin flew into the country from Spain on Tuesday morning.

They reportedly chartered the bus marked BEN 313 YX on the fleet of Iyare Motors and were going to Benin City for an engagement when the tragic accident occurred.

Operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps(TRACE) were sighted evacuating victims, clearing obstructions and directing traffic.

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The Public Relations Officer of TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident to The Nation newspaper, said the driver of the speeding hummer bus ram into the rear of a truck marked MUS 730 XN in bids to overtake it.


Akinbiyi said seven of the victims died at the accident scene while one other died later. Their remains have been deposited at the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu where two others rescued alive, were also receiving treatment.