Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident,10 Injured,5 Burnt To Death

Not less than five persons were burnt to death and 10 others injured in an accident involving a white Mazda bus at Onigaari, on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday.

According to Punch.ng.,Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the incident toNews Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta.

Oladele said that the accident had occurred around 8:49 a.m. and that it was caused by overspeeding and loss of control.

The sector commander said that the crash involved 18 passengers comprising 17 male adults and one female adult.The FRSC boss said that 10 males sustained injuries from the crash while five of the passengers comprising of four males and one female died from the crash.

“The lone crash involved a commercial bus that travelled all the way from Sokoto state but stopped briefly in Ibadan to pick other passengers.

“The white coloured Mazda bus with registration number WWD 302 CB, was heading to Lagos before it lost control at Onigaari due to speed and collided with the road median and upturn,”he said.

Oladele said that the injured victims were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, while the dead bodies were deposited at the mortuary of the same hospital.