A bus crashed today and went up in flames along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway burning to death seven persons including two children.
14 other passengers sustained varying degrees of injury in the accident which occurred at the OPIC axis of the expressway.
The lone crash involving a Mazda bus marked BDG993YG happened at 10:45 am today. This was confirmed in Abeokuta by the Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Florence Okpe.
Okpe said a total number of 22 persons including seven male adults, eight female adults, four male children and three female children were involved in the crash, of which fourteen were injured and unfortunately seven died.
She said “excessive speed and brake failure which led to the loss of control” were responsible for the accident.
Okpe explained that the vehicle went up in flames after it crashed and burnt some of the passengers to death.
The injured victims were taken to Lagos State Accident & Emergency Center, Ojota while the corpses were deposited at Olabisi Onabajo University Teaching Hospital morgue Sagamu.
She quoted the Sector Commander, Ahmed Umar, to have commiserated with the families of the victims and urged motorists “to shun speeding and always conduct a routine vehicle check for good maintenance and replacement of any defect.”
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