On Wednesday, there were three fatalities and six injuries from various incidents that happened at the Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway’s J4 intersection.

One person was apparently killed in the first collision, which included a Bajaj motorbike, a Chevrolet automobile with the license plate AGL 254 HF, and another car without a registration number. It happened at roughly 8.55 a.m.

The deceased’s remains was reportedly placed to the General Hospital in Ijebu Ode, while the injured were reportedly brought to a facility in the same city.

About noon, the second collision happened a little distance beyond the J4 Junction.

It involved a Toyota Sienna car with number plate LSD 315 FU and a Honda Accord car with number plate ENU 04 GO.

Two people reportedly died in the accident while five others were injured.

Both accidents were blamed on excessive speed.

It was reported that the deceased had been deposited at Ore General Hospital, Ondo State, and the injured had been transported to Hope Clinic, J4.

This was revealed in a statement provided to media on Wednesday by Florence Okpe, the spokeswoman for the Federal Road Safety Corps’ Ogun State Sector Command.

The statement said, in part, “The first collision happened at roughly 0855 hours around J4 intersection involving two vehicles: one was a Boxer Bajaj motorbike with no registration number on it, and the other was an AGL254HF Chevrolet.

“A total of four persons were involved (three male adults and one female adult) one person was injured, one female adult was killed and two persons were unhurt

“The suspected cause of the crash was excessive speed and the vehicle veered off the road.

“The injured victim was taken to Hope Clinic while the corpse was deposited at the General Hospital Ijebu-ode morgue.

“The second crash occurred at about 1200 hrs few metres after J 4, 13 persons were involved in the crash which comprised of ( six male adults, five female adults and two male children). Five persons were injured and six persons were unhurt. Two persons were recorded dead from the crash ( two female adults)”.