No fewer than 11 passengers were reportedly killed in a road crash along the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway on Sunday night.
The accident occurred at Eruku Bridge on the route when a gold Toyota vehicle with registration number GGE722KJ reportedly somersaulted and plunged off the bridge, trapping the occupants inside.
It was gathered that all 11 occupants of the vehicle – 10 adult males and one female – lost their lives in the crash.
The spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, Odunsi Afolabi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday.
According to him, preliminary findings indicated that driving under the influence and overloading were the likely causes of the accident.
Afolabi said: ‘A gold Toyota with registration number GGE722KJ somersaulted and fell off the bridge, trapping the occupants inside as the doors locked upon impact.
‘All 11 people on board, comprising 10 adult males and one adult female, lost their lives in the crash.
‘FRSC personnel, with assistance from members of the local community, dismantled the vehicle to recover the bodies. The deceased have been deposited at the State Specialist Hospital Morgue in Ifo.
‘The preliminary report cites Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and Overloading (OVL) as the probable causes of the crash.’
He added that the Ogun State Sector Commander of the corps, Corps Commander Oludare Ogunjobi, advised motorists plying the Abeokuta-Lagos route to exercise caution, particularly while driving at night.
The sector commander also expressed condolences to the families of the deceased.