A dozen people – including two drivers- perished on Sunday afternoon when a speeding Kia Cerato car veered off its lane, crossed the road median and rammed into a commercial bus on from opposite direction in Ogun state,
The accident occurred around 1pm at the Siun stretch of the Abeokuta – Kobape – Sagamu road.
The remains of the victims have been deposited at the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital(OOUTH), Sagamu.
The Kia Cerato car, which was said to be speeding excessively, suffered a burst tyre.
It was gathered the driver in panic stepped on the break and lost control before the lethal collision with a Toyota bus from the opposite direction, said Route Commander Florence Okpe of the Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC), Public Education Officer, Ogun State Command.