At least 10 people, including three children and seven adults, lost their lives in an accident at the Abule Osun area of the Lagos-Badagary Expressway, Lagos State, on Tuesday night.

Three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident that occurred around 11 pm.

According to a Wednesday statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the accident occurred when a Siena vehicle loaded to capacity rammed into a stationary truck along the road.

He disclosed that the investigation revealed that the Siena vehicle was on top speed without taking cognisance of the granite-laden truck, which had taken half of the road.