An auto mishap on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State has left three persons dead.
The casualties are said to be Christian clerics.
The accident happened after the driver dozed off and lost control of the vehicle, traffic authorities in the south west said.
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, disclosed that the crash occurred around 9:44am, near Day Waterman College, inbound Abeokuta.
Seven persons were reportedly involved in the accident, three died, two were injured and three were rescued unhurt.
TRACE Corps spokesman, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the road accident involved a black Kia Rio car with registration number: AKD 827 DV; and a white Sino truck with number plate marked, WDL 466 XA.
Akinbiyi identified the cause of the road crash as “sleeping behind the wheel, coupled with speeding and loss of control on the part of the Rio car driver.”
According to him, the car veered to the other lane of the road, dislodged the street light at the median and collided with the Sino truck loaded with cement, outbound Abeokuta.
It was reported that the victims were taken to State Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta.
Quoting eyewitness account, Akinbiyi said: “the Rio car, in which a driver, a passenger and three men of God in white clothing/apparel with robes were driving in was coming from Oke-Iragbiji in Osun State, for prayers and deliverance service.
“Suddenly, the driver lost control due to excessive speed, as he was also dozing behind the wheels, ran over the median, hit and uprooted the street light on the median before colliding head-on with the Sino truck loaded with cement , which was coming outbound Abeokuta.
“Instantly, the three men of God died due to the impact of the collision, while the driver and the passenger in front were injured.”