Tragedy as Double Road Accidents Kill 5, Injure 5 Others On Lekki-Epe Expressway, Video Emerges
- The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed the death of five people and five others seriously injured
- The General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, said the casualties were a result of tragic double road mishaps
- Bakare-Oki narrated how the tragic accidents along the popular Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State claimed innocent lives
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Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos State - No fewer than five lives have been lost and five others severely injured in two fatal road accidents along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said the accidents were a result of excessive speeding and gross negligence of traffic regulations.
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LASTMA said the first accident occurred in the early hours of the day at Abijo Bus Stop, under the pedestrian bridge on the inward Epe corridor.
A Mitsubishi pick-up van lost control and crashed into a stationary Craneburg Construction Company equipment, lawfully parked.
The tragic incident led to the death of four occupants (three males and one female), whose bodies were recovered lifeless at the scene of the accident.
“LASTMA operatives successfully rescued three additional female occupants from the wreckage. These survivors were promptly stabilised and handed over to officers of the Eleko Division of the Nigeria Police Force for onward transfer to nearby medical institutions for urgent care and further evaluation.”
The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, made this known in a statement issued via the agency’s X handle @followlastma on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
In a separate overnight incident, a Toyota Jeep crashed violently into a parked Dangote truck in the Frajend Group axis inward Bogije, along the same Lekki-Epe Expressway.
“The devastating collision resulted in the immediate death of the SUV driver, while two other passengers, grievously injured and entrapped within the crushed vehicle, were meticulously extricated by LASTMA personnel after a laborious and delicate rescue operation.”
Bakare-Oki described the tragic double road mishaps as a colossal and avoidable tragedy.
The LASTMA boss expressed profound grief and extended deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased.
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10 feared dead in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway road crash
Recall that a fatal road accident occurred on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Oyo State on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
It was gathered that the tragic incident occurred around the Soka area of the expressway in the ancient city.
The state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Rosemary Alo, shared more details about the fatal crash.
7 dead, 4 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident
In a similar story, Legit.ng reported that seven people, including six men and one woman, died in a multiple-vehicle crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday morning.
Four others sustained injuries, with three males and one female receiving treatment at local hospitals.
The crash was caused by excessive speeding by a Mack truck, which lost control and collided with two other vehicles.
Source: Legit.ng
