Three persons were Thursday confirmed dead and 14 others injured after a truck rammed into commercial bus with 17 occupants.

The accident occurred around Berger on the Busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway, less than 24 hours after multiple crashes claimed no fewer than eight lives on the Ogun State axis of the road.

It was gathered that an unregistered truck lost control and rammed into the commercial bus marked KRD326XG killing two males and a female on the spot.

The bus somersaulted after it was hit by the truck and veered off its lane, while the three persons who died were trapped under the bus, others who made it out early sustained varying injuries.

It was learnt that it took the combined efforts of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the State Fire Service, Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officials to extricate the bodies of the deceased underneath the vehicle.

Confirming the accident, General Manager LASEMA, Michael Akindele said it was caused by the recklessness of the truck driver.

Akindele stated that the agency received a distress call at about 5:36am on the accident, adding that all the injured were taken to the Accident and Emergency unit.

He said this prompted immediate activation of the ERT of LASEMA and other emergency responders which include Lagos State Ambulance Services, Lagos State Fire Service, Nigeria Police, LASTMA and the FRSC to the scene of accident.

Akindele said preliminary investigation carried out by the ERT at the scene of the incident revealed that the incident was as a result of reckless driving of the truck driver.

He said motorist should avoid reckless driving and also ensure that they drive within the appropriate speed limit to prevent road traffic accident in the State.