Fatal car crash claimed 13 lives on Benin-Lagos Expressway

Thirteen electronic traders lost their lives in an accident on Sunday along the Benin-Lagos Expressway.

The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, at the toll gate, near Okada, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State,

The accident, which occurred at the Edo-Ondo state’s border, reportedly claimed the lives of the traders heading for Onitsha, Anambra State, from Lagos.


Deputy Corps Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Bisi Kazeem, who confirmed the incident through a statement, said three others, who survived the accident and bodies of the dead were taken to Shiloh Hospital in Ugbogui, Ovia South West Local Government Area.

The accident, according to the FRSC official, involved Toyota Hiace Bus with number plate YB610 EPE belonging to Anambra Mass Transit and a truck (IVECO) marked AAA 962 XB.

Kazeem, who attributed the accident to violation of road traffic laws by the driver of one of the vehicles, said it took the combined efforts of his men (FRSC), policemen, villagers and other road users to rescue trapped passengers from the mangled bus.

Kazeem said, “The crash was caused by the driver of the Anambra Mass Transit bus, who, for no reason at all, drove against traffic on the Benin-Ore lane, thereby facing an on-coming Iveco truck descending a slope, resulting in head-on collision. The bus was coming from Lagos carrying traders dealing in electronics. Thirteen out of the passengers in the bus died, including the driver. The two passengers in the truck survived.”